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:

  1. Prioritise the perspectives of people who have been impacted by a disaster.
  2. Utilise research informed practice in this area, and apply relevant evidence.
  3. 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.

Workbook (PDF)

Workbook (MS Word)

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Module 3 Structure:

  1. Listening to people impacted by disasters
  2. Research on working with specific groups
    1. Older Populations
    2. Ethnic Minority Populations
    3. Women
  3. Multi-agency working
  4. Follow-up task