Social Services Workforce Recovery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Good Practice Examples from Finland, Romania, Spain, Ireland and Germany 

Description

This study concisely analyses the challenges that social support services workforce faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, social services focused on maintaining the provision of services, but the recovery of the sector, in the long term, requires a focus on the well-being of the staff, employment stability, a digitalisation of the services as well as a re-skill of the staff to cover the changes implemented. With data collected through interviews, this study collects good practices and potential solutions for the recovery of the social services workforce in the long-term in Finland, Romania, Spain, Ireland and Germany.

Report

Authors

Ciprian Panzaru

Sigrid Rand

Coordinator

Renaud Scheuer. Head of Knowledge and Innovation, EASPD

Citation

EASPD. (2021) Social Services Workforce Recovery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Good Practice Examples from Finland, Romania, Spain, Ireland and Germany. Brussels.

Date

Brussels, December 2021