This book explores a key phenomenon that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis, namely, the crossroads at which social welfare professionals find themselves.

1.Introduction - Social Welfare Programs and Social Work Education at a Crossroads: New Approaches for a Post-Pandemic Society. Part One - Theory and Professional Practice in Post-Covid Social Work. 2.The theory of Rupture Frames: A new map for social work education and practice to understand, explain and address urban conflicts in vulnerable neighborhoods with high socio-cultural diversity in contemporary democracies. 3.'Leave No-one Behind'. Leveraging the Power of Hope in Social Work and Social Development: A Theoretical Approach. 4.Digital Human Rights, Metaverse and Spaceship Earth: Rethinking Social Policies and Social Work Practice after COVID19. 5.Challenges to the Scientific Practice of Social Work: Historical Tensions between Cause and Function. Part Two - New Challenges for Social Welfare Programs, Data and Social Welfare Research. 6.Women in recovery - Women's perspective on the women-only Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) mutual-help group from Romania and its benefits for recovery: A qualitative study. 7.Assessment and diagnosis of Exclusion through Social Work: An analysis of segmentation based on cases registered using the SiSo tool. 8.The emotions of social workers: The cognitive and motivational potential of reflective micro stories. 9.Moving the social protection agenda forward: International cooperation and beyond. Part Three - Social Work Education. 10.Transforming the social work supervision core competence framework after the Covid-19 Pandemic experience. 11.Remote micro strategies in working with communities during the time of pandemic: Introducing change through model-building. 12.The place of Shared Decision Making as a Core Skill in Social Work. 13.PhotoVoice in Social Work Research, Practice, and Education: Challenges and Possibilities. 14.Virtual exchange in a Nordic context: New pedagogical strategies for improving digital interaction between Nordic Social Work students. 15.Beyond COVID-19: Priorities for social welfare programs and social work education.