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Self care is always important for helping professionals, but it is especially important right now during a global pandemic. In order to help clients to the best of your ability, you must be healthy!

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I can implement self care into my daily routine during COVID-19 by getting adequate sleep, exercising weekly and eating healthy. All of these things will help boost my immune system so that my body will be better equipped to deal with COVID-19 if I am infected. These self-care strategies will also help with my mental health, because work with clients can often times be hard on a practitioner's mental health.

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It is important to have a plan set in place for if I cannot continue my services or have to halt services due to COVID-19.

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Set up tele health for clients that I cannot see in person. This includes being knowledgeable and trained on how to adequately use tele health.

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Educate myself on resources that are available to clients that I could provide to them if I cannot see them or they cannot see me because of COVID-19. This includes being extra supportive to clients during this hard time, because of the immense effects that COVID-19 is having on not just physical, but mental and social health as well.

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I will set up a backup plan for another practitioner to continue to work with my client and access their records if I am unable to see them. I will make sure to educate the other practitioner on my client and their situation before allowing them to work with my client.

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I will make sure that my client is aware and informed about the  unique circumstances surrounding their work with me during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes making sure that they are able to access and understand how to use telehealth and obtaining their consent for potentially having to have another practitioner access their records and work with them if I am unable to.

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Other ways that I can implement self-care into my daily routine during COVID-19 are to stay home and/or go to the doctor if I'm having COVID-19 symptoms, wash my hands frequently, social distance, wear a mask, and stay up to date on my vaccines. All of these strategies will help protect myself from getting COVID-19 as well as infecting others, such as my clients.

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It is also important to do things that I enjoy to practice self-care. Some of the things that I enjoy and that make me feel happy are listening to music, writing, reading, hanging out with friends/family, napping, and watching tv or Tik Toks.

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COVID-19 has brought about many changes in our daily living. One of these changes is the increased use of technology for accessing health care (telehealth).

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It is very possible that I will have to work with clients through Telehealth at some point during my career. This means that it is very important that I am knowledgeable in how to use tele health services and the technology that comes with it. It is also important for me to keep up to date with technological advances and attend trainings before using telehealth.

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It is also important for me to make sure my clients are able to access telehealth and that they can use technology adequately. I will make it a priority to go over telehealth and technology use with my clients during our first session, so that they have a proper understanding. I will also address client's that do not have access to the Internet and find other ways to help them.

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It is harder to keep client confidentiality with technology because of the use of emails, text messaging, and the possibility of other people seeing your online client documents and records.

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As a social worker who has a duty to respect client confidentiality, it is very important for me to make sure that all client documents, records, and information is kept private. This can be especially challenging with technology. Some of the ways that I can ensure client confidentiality with the use of technology are to use strong passwords, never leave my computer unattended while client records can be seen, and make sure that I am alone while seeing clients through telehealth.

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It is also important that my clients take confidentiality seriously and I will stress this to them during our first session. I will advise them to do all telehealth appointments alone where nobody can hear the sessions as well as advise them not to use my personal email or phone number when trying to contact me. Using my work email or phone number only will be helpful for me to keep their information confidential.

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COVID-19 is a public emergency, meaning that I will have to uphold my duty to provide services to clients as best as I can. COVID-19 has caused a lot of hardships with getting access to healthcare and has led to a lot of mental health problems because of increased isolation.

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It is important for me as a social worker to provide clients with the support and resources so that they are able to access care during the pandemic. This involves knowledge on my part of the different ways in which people can receive help and also advocating for my clients who are struggling to receive care.

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It is also important for me to be aware of the arising mental health issues that have been caused or triggered by COVID-19 and to help my clients as best as I can. Because of the increased isolation, there has been an increase in loneliness, depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. I need to be able to adequately address these issues and help clients who are experiencing mental health issues due to COVID-19.