Social Care During COVID-19: Coping with Self-Isolation and Social Distancing

Learn coping strategies to respond to the impact of COVID-19 social distancing

The increase in anxiety and uncertainty due to COVID-19 is placing increased pressure on the social care workforce, as well as those receiving help.

This pandemic has highlighted a need for enhanced social care within communities, such as individuals relying on neighbors and local services.

On this course, you’ll explore the impact of self-isolation and social distancing on social care, as well as the added vulnerabilities that COVID-19 may create.

You’ll make sense of your experiences, gain different perspectives, and explore ways of coping with the challenges of living in a pandemic when you’re giving or relying on social care.

This course is designed for social care professionals, including residential, domiciliary, and home-based carers.

It will also be useful for anyone struggling with self-isolation and social distancing who would like to learn how to address their feelings and develop coping strategies.

• Surviving Isolation: The Need for Certainty
• Introducing Ourselves and the Course
• Change Curve: The Three Phases and Five Stages of Change
• Case Study: Angela and Chrissy
• Four Stages of Pandemic Response
• Preparing to End Week One
• Sense Making: The Quest for Understanding
• Welcome to Week 2: Catching up with Angela and Chrissy
• Exploring the Impact of Change
• Four Stages of Pandemic Response
• Possible Reactions to a Pandemic
• Preparing to End Week Two
• Making Meaning: The Search for Acceptance
• Welcome to Week 3: Catching up with Angela and Chrissy
• Four Stages of Pandemic Response
• The Impact of the Pandemic on Social Workers
• Preparing to End Week Three
• Resilience and Growth: Imagining the Future
• Welcome to Week 4: Catching up with Angela and Chrissy
• Four Stages of Pandemic Response
• Poem: And the People Stayed Home...
• Appreciating Our Experiences
• Preparing to End Week Four