Professional work and personal life of a social worker during the time of pandemic

Abstract

In March 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic took the entire world by surprise. In an incredibly short period of time the effects of the pandemic affected practically all aspects of personal and professional life. The situation of the epidemic has been a challenge for social workers in their professional and personal life. It makes social workers face the need to apply new methods and forms of action and imposes a number of additional professional responsibilities and psychological burdens on them. Changing the organization of work in a pandemic is often a direct threat to a social worker’s physical health, as well as it enters and violates the area of their non-professional life. The goal of this article is to show the problem of keeping balance between professional work and personal life of a social worker during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The empirical material was collected basing on the experience of an employee of the Municipal Social Welfare Centre in Olsztyn.