Module 3: Person-centred and research informed practice within a multi-agency context (approx 4 hours)
Preparation for Module 3 (30mins):
Read King-Okoye, M. and Underwood, T. (2020) ‘The disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on BAME communities in the UK: An urgent research priority’, BMJ, Online access.
Consider while reading:
How do the issues raised in this article translate to individual experiences of those impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic?
How do the issues highlighted here translate to other disasters/populations?
What role should social workers play in highlighting and responding to these inequalities in relation to Covid-19 and other disasters?
Learning goals for Module 3
Following this module you should be able to:
- Prioritise the perspectives of people who have been impacted by a disaster.
- Utilise research informed practice in this area, and apply relevant evidence.
- Engage with multi-professional teams to provide a coordinated response.
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.
Module 3 Structure:
- Listening to people impacted by disasters
- Research on working with specific groups
- Older Populations
- Ethnic Minority Populations
- Women
- Multi-agency working
- Follow-up task