Module 2: Law, Policy and Best Practice (approx 4 Hours)

Preparation for Module 2: (1 hour)

Dominelli, L. (2020) ‘A green social work perspective on social work in the times of Covid-19’, International Journal of Social Welfare.

Consider while reading:

What challenges did social workers face during the Covid-19 pandemic?

What are some of the ways that social workers overcame these challenges?

How do wider contexts shape social work during disasters?

Learning goals for module 2:

Following this module you should be able to:

  1. Explain legislation, policy and procedures that are pertinent to the context.
  2. Promote the importance of the social work role in and advocate for the highest quality social work services for people before, during and after a disaster.
  3. Reflect on the wider contexts, causes and implications of a disaster.

Full details on the learning goals on which this, and other modules in this series, are based, can be found here.

We have also provided a glossary to help with the terms used throughout the training.

Workbook (PDF)

Workbook (MS Word)

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Module 2 Structure

  1. Disasters and the law introduction
  2. Civil Contingencies Act 2004
  3. Advocating for the role of social workers in disasters
  4. Contextualising disasters
  5. Disaster capitalism
  6. Follow up task