Poverty, social work, and social intervention: decent work as a strategy to overcome poverty after the Covid-19

Social workers worldwide must be concerned about how to overcome poverty after the COVID-19. The 61st Session of United Nations Commission for Social Development has highlighted decent work as a priority for social workers and social welfare practitioners after de COVID-19. Decent work is a key stra...

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Published in:Journal of social work practice 2023-04, Vol.37 (2), p.213-229
Main Authors: López Peláez, Antonio, Aramendia-Muneta, María Elena, Erro-Garcés, Amaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
decent work
Employment
good work
Inequality
Intervention
Literature reviews
Pandemics
Poverty
Social development
Social welfare
Social work
Social workers
Systematic review
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Summary:Social workers worldwide must be concerned about how to overcome poverty after the COVID-19. The 61st Session of United Nations Commission for Social Development has highlighted decent work as a priority for social workers and social welfare practitioners after de COVID-19. Decent work is a key strategy to overcome poverty in the post-pandemic time. A systematic review of the literature revealed 225 articles from 2020 on this topic. The descriptors were social work, decent work, good work, decent job, good job, decent employment, and good employment. The results obtained allow us to establish some recommendations to address poverty from the perspective of social work, designing intervention strategies to overcome inequalities.
ISSN:0265-0533
1465-3885
DOI:10.1080/02650533.2023.2214309