Ethical challenges for Palestinian social workers during Corona pandemic

Abstract EN

The aim of this study was to focus specifically on the ethical challenges of social workers’ practice their works in quarantine centers during corona pandemic.

This study reports objective results for purposive sampling selected, (142) social workers in five governorates in the Gaza Strip-Palestine.

After reviewing the literature, the researcher constructed a survey four question; two of which are open-ended while the other two are closed-ended.

Social workers were recruited by e-mail in May 2020 after providing their consent.

Results: The most important ethical challenges facing social workers in their work during the corona pandemic are: risk faced while moving in public transportations, poor prevention and safety measures for social workers such as sterilizers, masks and gloves.

67.6% of social workers responded that their institutions developed policy protocols to help them work safely during the Coved-19 while 75.4% of social workers responded that they had access to protection measures to make their communication safer with their clients.

The most important way in which social workers were involved in their professional interventions with clients was: communicating with clients by phone or SMS, but also through social networks, or communicating directly with the need to observe social distancing.