Front-Line Social Workers’ Practices Under the Political and Sanitary Crisis in Chile

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dc.catalogadorgrr
dc.contributor.authorReininger, Taly
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz Arce, Gianinna
dc.contributor.authorVillalobos, Cristóbal
dc.contributor.authorWyman San Martin, Ignacio Andres
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T18:51:50Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T18:51:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn October 2019, mass civil protests erupted in Chile questioning the country’s vast and historically rooted inequalities and injustices. These protests, which sought structural changes to Chile’s neoliberal ethos, were abruptly brought to a halt by the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020. The political, social, and economic impacts of the pandemic have only intensified the country’s historic inequalities and injustices, hitting hardest in areas with higher levels of vulnerability. Increased unemployment, food insecurity, violence, and mental health crises are only a few of the many issues social workers face in the current context. Furthermore, social distancing measures and forced quarantines have caused social programs to rapidly alter strategies to meet the needs of service users, requiring front-line professionals to adapt quickly. To examine and analyse these rapid changes in the delivery of social programs as well as their impact on front-line professionals, a mixed-methods study was undertaken that included the application of an online survey and follow-up interviews with front-line social workers. We found that social workers reported greater workloads and employment precarity within the current context, that programs were changed to meet the immediate tangible needs of individuals and families, and that changes were primarily designed in a nonparticipatory and centralised manner. This chapter analyses the study’s results and discusses the challenges social work faces in the current and future context.
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_28
dc.identifier.eisbn978-303084678-7
dc.identifier.isbn978-303084677-0
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:2-s2.0-85152316077
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_28
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/88488
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Villalobos, Cristóbal ; 0000-0002-1964-7213; 143637
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Wyman San Martin, Ignacio Andres; 0000-0002-9905-7685; 196951
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final344
dc.pagina.inicio335
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofThe Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development: Global Perspectives
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectFront-line professionals
dc.subjectMixed methods
dc.subjectNeoliberalism
dc.subjectPrecarious employment conditions
dc.subjectSocial programs
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.titleFront-Line Social Workers’ Practices Under the Political and Sanitary Crisis in Chile
dc.typecapítulo de libro
sipa.codpersvinculados143637
sipa.codpersvinculados196951
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;2023-08-23
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