Social workers have always worked with and within uncertainties in practice, but the COVID-19 pandemic is amplifying the frequency and degree of uncertainty across ecological levels Social workers need enhanced capacity to work with these uncertainties and the impact on individual and collective wellbeing The RE/UN/DIScover heuristic guides social workers' responses to the wide range of practice uncertainties experienced in the moment and over time Drawing on understandings of embodied wellbeing from interpersonal neurobiology and the power relations manifest in intersectional positionality, RE/UN/DIScover offers embodied, iterative practices to access the wealth of capabilities within self and others Disruptions and uncertainties connected with pandemics, economic recessions, continued systemic injustices and other human-made problems can challenge social workers and impact the wellbeing of individuals and communities Heuristics are guides that sort, order, and inform decisions and actions The RE/UN/DIScover heuristic uses knowledge about embodied wellbeing and various forms of power to guide social workers RE/UN/DIScover offers social workers practices to use with uncertainties both in the moment and over time [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Australian Social Work is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )
Re/Un/Discover: An Embodied Heuristic for Uncertainties in Social Work Practice