Thoughts on social work during covid 19

Abstract

Social workers’role aims to support people in need for various reasons, those who are often confined to the margins of community. Covid 19 has caused many changes in our daily lives and its backlash has also affected support interventions. The social workers went through this period together with the users, trying to find new balances with respect to the practical aspects, but also to the psychological and relational fallout. The processing and adaptation work was carried out both individually and in groups. The paper summarizes a few reflections emerged in some social workers’ groups held during this period in Northern Italy, highlighting specific issues and the processing paths used to address them.