The experiences of the Good Companions Response Team during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China: a multi-professional team led by social workers

Yu, Zhihong; Tan, Wai-Tian; Niu, Liya

doi:10.1080/02185385.2020.1854843

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“…Findings from the current study highlight social workers’ continuing belief that the organization of an emergency/disaster response team of social work professionals could be tremendously helpful, based on first-hand observations of healthcare shortcomings from the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The utilization and deployment of such social work teams have been found to offer essential support to patients and other hospital healthcare systems (e.g., Yu et al, 2020 ) and thus it is likely such benefits would be applicable in the pediatric setting.…”

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“Band-Aids on Bullet Holes”: Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers after 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic

McKenna

Ross

Boskey

2022

Qualitative Social Work

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COVID-19 has continued to bring devastation to children and families, even 1 year into the pandemic. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has also led to renewed attention to systemic racism in the United States and awareness of how the pandemic has further exacerbated health inequities that disproportionately affect communities of color. Pediatric hospital social workers have played a key role since the beginning of the pandemic in responding to the resulting behavioral health crisis and helping to address social disparities. There is a need to understand how the roles and experiences of pediatric social workers have evolved during the first year of the pandemic. In this qualitative study, a series of practice-setting based focus groups were conducted with social workers to capture (a) what has changed or stayed the same since the beginning of COVID-19, (b) thoughts and experiences on diversity, equity, and inclusion with particular attention to race and racism, and (c) perspectives about the long-term implications of COVID-19 on the profession of social work. The Framework Method was used to analyze data, from which six superordinate themes emerged: burnout/coping; the impact of patient acuity; awareness of racial inequity in patient care; awareness of social determinants of health; social worker inclusion in hospital decision-making and policy reform; and grief/racial inequity. An overview of what has stayed the same, what has changed, and what the future may hold for pediatric hospital social workers is reviewed.

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“Band-Aids on Bullet Holes”: Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers after 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic

McKenna

Ross

Boskey

2022

Qualitative Social Work

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“…The BTP was a psychosocial intervention program organized and implemented by social workers teaming with professional mental health specialists who provided online lectures, advice, and supervision for the BTP’s design and process. Psychosocial intervention has proven to be an effective way of improving grief symptoms ( Johannsen et al, 2019 ; Yu et al, 2020 , 2021 ). Though social workers have not been systematically trained in grief intervention, they have abundant social resources, organizational skills, and social service experiences.…”

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Psychosocial Intervention on the Dual-Process Model for a Group of COVID-19 Bereaved Individuals in Wuhan: A Pilot Study

Liang

Guo³

et al. 2022

Omega (Westport)

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Wuhan was the first large city where the initial breakout of COVID-19 took numerous lives. A group of social workers and mental health specialists coordinated the “Be Together Program” (BTP), a psychosocial grief intervention program to help a group of Wuhan COVID-19 bereaved people. Under the Dual-process model framework, BTP used the internet and social media as the main tools, combined with group and individual intervention. Additionally, it employed a “Supermarket Mode” with abundant intervention themes and approaches for BTP participants to choose according to their special needs. Additionally, Chinese cultural elements are integrated into the program. At the end of the program, the grief scores of participants in the qualified sample reduced significantly, and the prevalence of the potential Prolonged Grief Disorder diagnosis reduced from 75% to 12%. The study also found that the BTP was especially effective for those who had high levels of grief reaction.

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“…At the same time, social workers adopt a different approach from the government in their actions, creatively complete governance tasks, and create their irreplaceable unique advantages in social services (Jiang et al, 2014;Lei et al, 2023) The second way is active stealth. Social workers transfer their achievements to the government, form a low-key style, and hide their contributions in various ways, such as marginalizing their work in media (Yang, 2023) and highlighting the government's contributions among community residents (Yu et al, 2021), thereby establishing a deeper trust connection with the government (Jing and Hu, 2017), and being able to gain more government support and tolerance in creative governance activities (Hu et al, 2022).…”

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Between autonomy and subordination: The micro-production mechanism of professional roles in a Chinese street social workstation

Zhang

2023

International Sociology

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Based on the dilemma social workers face at the grassroots level in a street social workstation, this article discusses the micro-production mechanism of their professional role in China. Along with the life cycle of the social workstation, three different sets of camouflage schemes have been formed, namely, isomorphism, polymorphism, and heterogeneous isomorphism, to avoid identity crises and continue the survival logic. This study argues that the social workstation can not only be viewed as outsourcing of government social functions but rather bring the possibility of using social work methods as national governance techniques. The camouflage practice of social workers is an important manifestation of the penetration of national governance into society through the flexibility of social organizations. This new form of social work professional practice means that social workers have gradually evolved into stewards of government management, posing challenges to their professional roles and leading to more complex individual actions.

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The experiences of the Good Companions Response Team during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China: a multi-professional team led by social workers

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

“Band-Aids on Bullet Holes”: Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers after 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic

“Band-Aids on Bullet Holes”: Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers after 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Psychosocial Intervention on the Dual-Process Model for a Group of COVID-19 Bereaved Individuals in Wuhan: A Pilot Study

Between autonomy and subordination: The micro-production mechanism of professional roles in a Chinese street social workstation

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