“…At policy levels, social work deals with the development of plans to respond to various outcomes of all types of disasters. To put it precisely, social workers have many functions in disasters such as providing support for individuals, families, and communities; linking individual needs and resources and helping the client to access resources; preventing severe physical and mental problems; preventing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities from breaking down; intervening to change micro and macro systems to improve client well-being; improving community cohesion and rebuilding families and communities; situational supporting; giving hope; consoling; assuring; concentrating; solution developing and referring; and tackling inequalities in health care (Chou, 2003;Doostgharin, 2010;Iravani, 2005). Furthermore, community recovery is an essential part of disaster management that refers to a coordinated process of supporting disaster-affected communities in reconstruction of physical infrastructure and restoration of emotional, social, financial, and physical well-being (Emergency Management Australia (EMA), 2004).…”