A Case Study of Social Work Leadership in the Pandemic Intervention in Wuhan

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Social workers in Wuhan, China were among the first to respond to the public health crisis caused by Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in early 2020. Social workers in Wuhan developed and implemented an effective interventional model integrating online and offline volunteers of multiple professions-the '4 + 1' model-to support affected individuals in the process of battling the pandemic. Transformational social work leadership played a vital role in the widely adopted model in China, characterised by idealised influence-attributed (or charisma); idealised influence-behavioural; inspirational motivation; intellectual stimulation and individual consideration. Contextual performance is also discussed, followed by a discussion on why social work can play a leadership role in inter-disciplinary intervention in the pandemic crisis. The article concludes with the areas social workers can improve on for the betterment of leadership.

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Yu, Z., Luo, H., Tan, W., & Niu, L. (2022). A Case Study of Social Work Leadership in the Pandemic Intervention in Wuhan. British Journal of Social Work, 52(4), 2183–2197. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab179

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