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Narracje pracowników socjalnych w zmieniającej się rzeczywistości pandemii COVID-19
Social workers narratives in the changing realities of the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Magdalena Skalny
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Welfare services
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: social worker; pandemic; work

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the difficulties and problems that social workers encounter in their daily work duties. In the first part, the author outlines the theoretical foundations of the research, characterizing a social worker in terms of personality traits. This is the basis on which social workers can effectively cope with their duties in dynamically changing reality. A social worker is a profession that has a great responsibility for overcoming other people’s crisis. That is why it is invaluable in the face of civilization threats such as a pandemic. The second part of the article presents own research, the purpose of which was to find out about the opinions of social workers about their work in a pandemic time. Both advantages and disadvantages of working in the discussed period are presented.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 26-34
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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