Virtual home visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: social workers' perspectives

Laura L. Cook; Danny Zschomler

doi:10.1080/09503153.2020.1836142

Virtual home visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: social workers' perspectives

Laura L. Cook, Danny Zschomler

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Abstract

The home visit is a key aspect of child and family social work. Following the announcement of lockdown in England, all but the most urgent of home visits ‘went virtual’ overnight. During lockdown, we spoke to 31 child and family social workers across nine local authorities in England as they began to undertake virtual home visits. Here, we focus on social workers’ reflections on virtual practice and consider the possibilities, limitations and future implications of virtual home visiting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	401-408
Number of pages	8
Journal	Practice
Volume	32
Issue number	5
Early online date	28 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2020.1836142
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

covid-19
home visits
lockdown
practitioner perspectives
social work practice

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Virtual home visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: social workers' perspectives

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Professional identity in child and family social work: what can we learn from the career biographies of experienced workers?

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Relationship-based practice and digital technology in child and family social work: Learning from practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

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