The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Dutch social work education and practice

[Raymond Kloppenburg]

 

Dear members,

Kindly inform you about the special issue of Social Work Education, the International Journal on the impact of Covid pandamic on Social Work Education. Below you find the abstract of our article about the situation in the Netherlands.

Raymond Kloppenburg

 

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social work
education and practice in the Netherlands
Ed de Jonge , Raymond Kloppenburg and Peter Hendriks
Research Centre for Social Innovation, HU University of Applies Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
ABSTRACT
During the first half of 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus had
a huge global impact. The physical health of many was (often
severely) threatened and affected, resulting in numerous deaths.
Furthermore, all aspects of human coexistence came under pressure,
such as economic activities and material living conditions,
psychological well-being and social contacts, human rights and
democratic decision-making, international political relations and
global solidarity. As in other parts of the world, COVID-19 kept the
Netherlands in its grip.In this article we would like to address the
following questions:-What impact did pandemic and policy have on
Dutch social work education and how was this experienced by
students?-What was the impact of pandemic and policy on social
work practices and what were its challenges for social professionals?-
What does this all mean for the future of social work
education, since it has to take the present concerns of students
into account as well as prepare them for social work practice in the
near future?

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