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

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust via FutureLearn

Overview

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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.

Syllabus

  • 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

Taught by

Claire Lipscomb

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