ABSTRACT
The present study examined the effectiveness of participation in a mindfulness group for Israeli early career social workers during the COVID-19 period. Eleven participants conducting fieldwork in a mental health rehabilitation center were interviewed. The participants described a variety of benefits from their mindfulness training, in three main areas: (1) Personal: applying mindfulness in their daily life; (2) Family: improved work-life balance and family relationships; and (3) Professional: applying mindfulness in their work with mental health clients. Mental support and self-care tools provided to early-career social workers were perceived by the participants as helping them overcome uncertainty, fatigue, and overwork.
Acknowledgement
The author would like to thank: Renana Erlich.Einav Golan and Ayelet Zukerman and to HETZ, rehabilitation services in the community,Israel , for their help during the research process.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).