Social work. Social distance. Mental health. Competency-oriented education workshops conducted online by social work students

Abstract

The authors present the On-line on-Soul student education initiative, which was directly stimulated by the change of the form of academic education in the period of increasing COVID-19 threat. The substantive focus of group activity was the opportunity to discuss the consequences of the global state of isolation for the mental health of people and social groups, and to conduct it in the conditions of remote communication. The process, initiated in April 2020, is an example of good practice in education for social work, which – in the changed conditions of new everyday life – develops key professional competences: the ability to cooperate, closeness, openness as well as learning and giving meaning to crisis situations.