Working with refugees during COVID-19: Social worker voices from Turkey | Zendy

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Working with refugees during COVID-19: Social worker voices from Turkey

Author(s) -

Aslıhan Nişancı,

Rumeysa Kahraman,

Yusuf Alcelik,

Ulviyenur Kiris

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international social work

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1461-7234

pISSN - 0020-8728

DOI - 10.1177/0020872820940032

Subject(s) - refugee , psychosocial , social work , pandemic , covid-19 , work (physics) , political science , economic growth , public relations , sociology , psychology , medicine , economics , mechanical engineering , disease , engineering , pathology , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law

This short essay aims to share social workers’ experiences of working with refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Three of the authors work in different non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in different cities. NGOs play a vital role in the delivery of psychosocial support services to refugees in Turkey and have been inevitably affected by the pandemic. The major practice challenges are being unprepared for tele-social work, a decrease in financial resources, increasing barriers to resources, and threats to refugee children’s wellbeing. Finally, suggestions are made for the near future.

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