Dr. Grise-Owens is lead editor of The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals. Subjective judgments are the most vulnerable to implicit bias. 0000036105 00000 n play a particular role in giving guidance for credentialed professionals. A manager might unconsciously decide to take risks on employees who are similar to them or similar to successful employees in the past, without realizing other employees missed out on the chance. 11 All these interventions can reduce the effect of quarantine or isolation and help to preserve wellness and fitness in health care workers so that they can return to work when able. They may know about important opportunities they received that others may have missed. Supervisors and Administrators: Please, use this response to inform your actions and advocacy with the organization to protect your staff - which has reverberating effects. Here are some approaches to try: Work backwards from pay, promotion, and performance criteria. Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to prevent weight gain over the Christmas holiday period: randomised controlled trial. Contributors: Peter Wu wrote the original draft of the manuscript. 0000048652 00000 n For instance, some of the ordinary protocols that require physical proximity to clients and colleagues may be creatively and critically modified to ensure physical distancing. During any crisis, the biggest worry for CEOs is gathering accurate information quickly. Don’t lose sight of other risks. All rights reserved. )���� Harvard Business Publishing is an affiliate of Harvard Business School. The organization has an ethical and pragmatic responsibility for risk management and making all efforts to mitigate risk. The key to managing any crisis is preparation. Keeping this mindset may seem morbid; but, it is necessary. 0000124030 00000 n Stressors such as prolonged duration, fears of infection, frustration and boredom, inadequate information, lack of in-person contact with classmates, friends, and teachers, lack of personal space at home, and family financial loss can have even more problematic and enduring effects on children and adolescents. The key to addressing these disparities may be from an unlikely source: social science research on racial bias in school discipline. Social workers are experiencing anxiety (rightfully so) about basic safety in professional roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although some people can work at home, many cannot, especially those in public facing roles in service industries, a group that already faces precarious employment and low income.2 Others may be affected by workplace closures, caused by government mandate, an infected co-worker, or loss of … Equity gaps remain a pernicious problem in the U.S., particularly for women and people of color, who, on average, earn less and are under-promoted compared to their white or male counterparts. Linda May Grobman, by Erlene Grise-Owens,  Ed.D., LCSW, MSW, MRE, and Linda May Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW. National restrictions on movement and the gathering of people could come into force, and organizations will need to be agile to respond. Finally, and in some ways, foremost: Your own Self-Care Plan is a key resource, which includes reminding yourself that you are a human being, with a human need/right for safety. 0. Emphasizing the altruism of working in health care and serving of the greater good will help health care workers to be reminded of their purpose in a time of crisis.