The impact of COVID-19 on social care and social work in the UK: a sco** review

J Owens, A Young, R Allen, A Pearson… - The British Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Prior to the COVID pandemic, staffing levels, staff turnover and vacancies in adult social care
and social work within the UK were a major concern, with staff experiencing high workloads …

Wellbeing and co** of UK nurses, midwives and allied health professionals during COVID-19-a cross-sectional study

P Gillen, RD Neill, J Mallett, J Moriarty, J Manthorpe… - PLoS …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Nurse, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), along with other health and social
care colleagues are the backbone of healthcare services. They have played a key role in …

Decreasing wellbeing and increasing use of negative co** strategies: the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK health and social care workforce

P Gillen, RD Neill, J Manthorpe, J Mallett, H Schroder… - Epidemiologia, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Many health and social care (HSC) professionals have faced overwhelming pressures
throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As the current situation is constantly changing, and …

The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on UK older people's social workers: A mixed-methods study

J MacLochlainn, J Manthorpe, J Mallett… - The British Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The social work profession was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study,
we examined the well-being, working conditions and intentions to leave the social work …

Perceptions of safe staffing, self-reported mental well-being and intentions to leave the profession among UK social workers: A mixed methods study

P McFadden, J Maclochlainn… - The British Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this study was to examine social workers' perceptions of safe staffing levels
and correlate these perceptions with standardised measurements of well-being in the UK …

The perceived job performance of child welfare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

T Axelrad-Levy, TM Schwartz Tayri, N Achdut… - Clinical Social Work …, 2023‏ - Springer
While the evidence on the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of
frontline social workers is emerging, the research on the impact of the pandemic on their …

Professional burnout as a mediator in the relationship between pandemic-related stress and social care workers' mental health

L Swords, T Spratt, H Hanlon - The British Journal of Social …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Understanding pathways between social care workers' Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-
19)-related stress and poorer mental health outcomes can inform employers' efforts to …

The evolving workplace: the possible impacts of hybrid working and hotdesking on retention of social workers

A Pulman, LA Fenge - The British Journal of Social Work, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Challenges with the retention of social workers have increased over the past ten years with
links made to higher caseloads, increased stress, shrinking office space and hybridisation of …

A critical appraisal of ways organizations can support social workers in light of covid-19: A sco** review

J Landers - Human Service Organizations: Management …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need for increased knowledge
surrounding organizational support for social workers. This sco** review evaluated …

Positive mental health in Slovenia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Vinko, P Mikolič, S Roškar… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Background Mental health has been heavily affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this
study we compared the prevalence of flourishing and languishing mental health during the …