At the start of the thesis, I defined the importance of practical education in social work and the importance of mentoring during practical training. As I researched the experiences of students at the Faculty of Social Work during the Covid-19 epidemic, I identified the changes that the epidemic brought, as well as the challenges that social workers and students of social work faced during it. Since the situation in which we found ourselves resulted in an increased need for volunteering, I also briefly defined this concept.
I compiled a questionnaire on the 1ka Arnes portal and found that both male and female students were still able to get practical work experience during the Covid-19 epidemic, but with some adjustments. Some practical education still took place live and some via online media (e.g. Zoom). The necessity to adapt to the changed circumstances meant that many students found themselves under increased stress, and on average, they qualified the quality of their acquired work education as average. The biggest obstacle for the students seemed to be the measures undertaken by the government to contain the epidemic.
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