Social assistance and child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a survey of social services

Lätsch, David Cyrill; Eberitzsch, Stefan; Brink, Ida Ofelia

doi:10.21256/zhaw-2387

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2387

Publication type:	Working paper – expertise – study
Title:	Social assistance and child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a survey of social services
Authors:	Lätsch, David Cyrill Eberitzsch, Stefan Brink, Ida Ofelia
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-2387
Extent:	23
Issue Date:	May-2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Zurich
Language:	English
Subjects:	Social aid; Social services; Corona pandemic; Pandemic crisis; Child protection
Subject (DDC):	362: Health and social services
Abstract:	The present study examines how social services have been affected by the coronavirus crisis during the first four weeks of a pandemic-related “lockdown” in Switzerland, from mid-March to mid-April 2020. It also addresses how social services have responded to these challenges. The study focuses on economic and personal social assistance as well as child protection. It is based on a stratified random sample of 169 pro-fessionals. The social services come from the Swiss cantons of Aargau (n=22 professionals), Bern (n=42), Lucerne (n=32), Thurgau (n=18) and Zurich (n=55). Municipal and regional services with catchment areas of varying size are considered. All five German-speaking major regions of Switzerland are represented, but not the Lake Geneva region and Ticino.
Further description:	An earlier German version of this paper was published in April 2020 here: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2386
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20039
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Social Work
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family (IKJF)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Kindesschutz und Frühe Förderung in Familien, die Sozialhilfe beziehen: Modelle der Kooperation und Koordination
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Soziale Arbeit

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Lätsch, D. C., Eberitzsch, S., & Brink, I. O. (2020). Social assistance and child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a survey of social services. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2387

Lätsch, D.C., Eberitzsch, S. and Brink, I.O. (2020) Social assistance and child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a survey of social services. Zurich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2387.

D. C. Lätsch, S. Eberitzsch, and I. O. Brink, “Social assistance and child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a survey of social services,” ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Zurich, May 2020. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2387.

LÄTSCH, David Cyrill, Stefan EBERITZSCH und Ida Ofelia BRINK, 2020. Social assistance and child protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a survey of social services. Zurich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

Lätsch, David Cyrill, Stefan Eberitzsch, and Ida Ofelia Brink. 2020. “Social Assistance and Child Protection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland : A Survey of Social Services.” Zurich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2387.

Lätsch, David Cyrill, et al. Social Assistance and Child Protection during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland : A Survey of Social Services. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, May 2020, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2387.