Download or read book A Study on Possible Organizational and Individual Factors Involved in the Incidence of Burnout Among Child Welfare Workers written by Pam Plimpton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patient-centered, high-quality health care relies on the well-being, health, and safety of health care clinicians. However, alarmingly high rates of clinician burnout in the United States are detrimental to the quality of care being provided, harmful to individuals in the workforce, and costly. It is important to take a systemic approach to address burnout that focuses on the structure, organization, and culture of health care. Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being builds upon two groundbreaking reports from the past twenty years, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, which both called attention to the issues around patient safety and quality of care. This report explores the extent, consequences, and contributing factors of clinician burnout and provides a framework for a systems approach to clinician burnout and professional well-being, a research agenda to advance clinician well-being, and recommendations for the field.

Download or read book Burnout in Social Work Field Education written by Mary Powell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Examination of Factors Associated with Job Burnout Among Child Welfare Workers written by Jennifer Marie Ahmu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to examine factors related to job burnout among child welfare workers specifically working for Riverside County, Department of Children's Services Division (CSD). Identifying predictors of job burnout can improve working conditions, reduce absenteeism, reduce economic cost, increase employee retention, improve client treatment, and help attract competent individuals to the profession, making job burnout a relevant and necessary area to study in social work.

Download or read book Worker Burnout Among Child Protective Service Workers written by Mary Porter Martin and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Job Burnout in the Human Services written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 39 selected references to journal articles, books, and theses from the field of social work and related disciplines that deal with peoples' problems. Intended for managers and employees. Alphabetical arrangement by authors. Each entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Index of authors.

Download or read book Organizational Supports for Child Welfare Social Workers Experiencing Work Burnout Related to Organizational Factors written by Shah Jan Laila Etimadi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child welfare social workers have demanding jobs as frontline workers frequently working with trauma survivors, and are often affected by burnout. The purpose of this study was to identify what agency supports and resources are available to CWS social workers who experience work related burnout. This study utilized a qualitative research approach. An open-ended online survey questionnaire was distributed to fifty-four participants from the Human Service Agency of Merced County. A major finding from this study was that nearly all participants identified and discussed the effectiveness of two types of supports available to assist them in addressing burnout: formal support such as Employee Assistance Program (EAP), individual based agency support, and supervisor support. Participants also identified lack of agency support to prevent or address burnout. Results showed that effective supervision was the most accessed formal support by CWS workers to address the experiences of burnout. The second type of support participants identified and discussed was the effectiveness of informal support provided by colleagues and family. Results showed that CWS workers preferred accessing informal colleague support over formal supports, such as EAP. The current findings suggest that organizational practices and policies may want to emphasis on developing effective supervision, providing on-site counseling services, and lowering caseload among CWS workers. Organizations may also focus on supporting supervisors as they play a vital role in helping social workers cope with job demands and emotional stress from work.

Download or read book Handbook of Stress in the Occupations written by Janice Langan-Fox and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Stress in the Occupations sets a new agenda for stress research and gives fresh impetus to scholars who wish to focus on issues and problems associated with specific jobs, some of which have received little attention in the past. Written by researchers who are true experts in the field of each occupation, this comprehensive Handbook reviews stress in a wide range of jobs including transport, education, farming, fishing, oil rig drilling, finance, law enforcement, fire fighting, entrepreneurship, music, social services, prisons, sport, and health including surgery, internship, dentistry, nursing, paramedics, psychiatry and social work. Several occupations such as oil rig drilling are reviewed; these jobs have always been stressful but have received little attention by researchers, and only now receive more focus due to the Bay of Mexico accident. Other occupations demand more of our attention because there have been substantial technological changes in particular jobs, such as in dentistry, nursing, and surgery. This lucid and insightful compendium will be a source of inspiration for those in the helping professions and all those individuals working in the industries described in the book. More specifically, the Handbook will strongly appeal to human resource specialists, psychologists, occupational health and safety professionals, managers, nurses and therapists. Written in highly accessible language, it will also provide rich reading to lay audiences including job incumbents themselves, as well as specialists in industry and academia. Academics and postgraduate students of business, management, and psychology will find plenty of detailed information regarding stress associated with occupations.

Download or read book Supervision in Social Work written by Liz Beddoe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supervision is currently a "hot topic" in social work. The editors of this volume, both social work educators and researchers, believe that good supervision is fundamental to the development and maintenance of effective practice in social work. Supervision is seen as a key vehicle for continuing development of professional skills, the safeguarding of competent and ethical practice and oversight of the wellbeing of the practitioner. As a consequence the demand for trained and competent supervisors has increased and a perceived gap in availability can create a call for innovation and development in supervision. This book offers a collection of chapters which contribute new insights to the field. Authors from Australia and New Zealand, where supervision inquiry is strong, offer research-informed ideas and critical commentary with a dual focus on supervision of practitioners and students. Topics include external and interprofessional supervision, retention of practitioners, practitioner resilience and innovation in student supervision. This book will be of interest to supervisors of both practitioners and students and highly relevant to social work academics. This book was originally published as a special issue of Australian Social Work.

Download or read book A Rural County s Best Practice to Address Burnout and Occupational Stress Among Child Welfare Workers written by Megan Ciampa and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey study interviewed social workers in rural communities to explore their perceptions of burnout, occupational stress, and agency support with the purpose of establishing best practices for increasing retention rates. Participants were current or past employees of a child welfare agency in El Dorado County. This agency was chosen to represent rural communities as it faces common rural challenges such as geographical isolation, limited resources, and unavoidable dual relationships. This agency has two office locations, each with drastically different retention rates. Although they are located in the same rural county, they have the same management and the same policies and procedures. Social workers in both offices shared their perceptions of burnout, occupational stress, and agency support with the goal of assessing what contributes to the difference in retention rates. The study findings showed that burnout and occupational stress were perceived similarly in both office locations. The social workers described a punitive management style, a lack of training and feelings of emotional exhaustion or ineffectiveness. However, the social workers in the office with the higher retention rate benefited from an emotionally supportive immediate supervisor and geographical distance from the management described as "punitive." These protective factors significantly increased the retention rates in that office as it created a sense of value among the social workers and decreased their exposure to work related conflict. While a supportive work environment is a benefit to any agency whether in a rural or urban setting, this study shows that the unique challenges inherent in a rural community makes support provided within agencies more significant to the job satisfaction of the social workers, which will therefore increase retention rates. This study highlights the importance of a management style which honors social work values such as using strength based approaches in addressing organizational culture, change and valuing social workers.

Download or read book Perceived Leadership Style by Child Protective Services Workers and the Impact on Burnout written by Danyelle LaKeya Reese and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few studies have analyzed worker burnout and organizational leadership styles for child protective service (CPS) workers. Many studies have focused on child welfare workers as a whole. Child welfare encompasses many different program areas. CPS is a subset of child welfare agencies. Child protective services workers have a high-stress job that exposes them, workers, to secondary trauma and burnout at a higher rate than other comparable positions. Child protective services is a program that is mandated to receive reports of child maltreatment, investigate the allegations, and provide services to the clients. Due to the job’s complexity, workers may rely on their leadership to provide guidance and support to assist them in achieving the best possible outcomes for families. Burnout may impact how effective a worker is in working with clients, negatively impacting client outcomes. This quantitative study had two purposes: (1) to further explore child protective services workers' burnout and (2) to examine the relationship between burnout and organizational leadership. This research focused specifically on CPS workers in the continental United States. Participants were recruited online, and the data was collected through an online format. The Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire were used for this study. Findings were analyzed using MANOVA and multiple linear regression analysis. Findings identified significance between a sense of personal accomplishment and CPS worker’s burnout. Age was a moderator between organizational leadership and emotional exhaustion. Future research should consider conducting a similar study with more perceived leadership types.

Download or read book Taking an Industrial Organizational Psychology Approach to the Examination of Turnover Among Child Welfare Workers written by Kristin I. Charles and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child welfare worker turnover is a pervasive problem. In some cases, turnover can be as high as 90% per year (CWIG website, 2017). The present study examined factors that may contribute to worker turnover. Child welfare workers (N = 373) completed a questionnaire that included measures from the industrial/organizational psychology literature, that is, job involvement and the availability of job opportunities, as well as measures previously examined in the child welfare literature, that is, burnout and turnover intentions. In addition, a measure that assessed workers' perceptions of making a difference was developed for this study. Finally, job performance data were obtained from the state agency in which participants worked for up to six months prior to job turnover, and turnover data were collected for a full year after the administration of the questionnaire. Structural equation modeling indicated that child welfare workers who reported at they were making a difference also reported more involvement in their jobs and were less likely to exhibit burnout. In addition, workers higher in job burnout reported stronger turnover intentions, were more likely to perceive alternative job opportunities, and were more likely to turnover. Contrary to expectations, job burnout did not influence change in performance over time nor average job performance. Changes in job performance but not average performance was found to be negatively related to turnover. Finally, workers who reported stronger turnover intentions also perceived more alternative job opportunities and were more likely to turnover. The results suggest that additional resources and supports to help alleviate the burden and stress on workers and improving the way success and recognition are defined in child welfare work may help reduce turnover.

Download or read book Child Welfare Worker Intent to Leave written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of the current research was to examine the impact of child welfare workers' individual factors and child welfare workers' perceptions of organizational cultural competence on child welfare workers' intent to leave the child welfare system. This study is a secondary analysis of data from a longitudinal study, building a stable, supported workforce: A comprehensive Workforce Project with New York's voluntary agencies. This research is grounded by empowerment theory, with a specific focus on the importance of self-efficacy and perceptions of power. Previous studies on child welfare worker turnover have focused on the more overt factors that predict turnover. The results of this study contribute to the knowledge about child welfare workforce turnover by considering the impact of race as it relates to organizational cultural competence.

Download or read book Burnout Among Social Workers written by David F Gillespie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of burnout first became the subject of public attention in the mid-1970s. This landmark volume is one of the first devoted exclusively to theoretical and empirical work on burnout. Each valuable chapter represents the state of the art in social services research on burnout. Burnout Among Social Workers illustrates and assesses problems with definitions and theoretical orientations to help clarify the overall conceptual vagueness that has plagued burnout research since its beginning. Attention is paid to both personal and job-related variables and coping mechanisms. Expert social work academicians and researchers clearly demonstrate the importance of burnout measurement for theory and practice and establish important guidelines for subsequent research and theory development in this area.

Download or read book The Role of Teamwork in Public Child Welfare Caseworkers Intentions to Leave written by Jinman Kyonne and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The high turnover rates among caseworkers have emerged in the past decade as one of the most serious issues within the public child welfare agencies. High turnover rates lead to reductions in case work quality with resulting higher risks to children in care. Turnover also creates additional public costs to replace and retrain lost workers. Research has focused on the reasons behind the caseworkers' stated intentions to leave (a surrogate for turnover) leading to many suggested remedies. Studies have found high burnout rates, low job satisfaction, and difficult organizational climates as the major reasons for turnover with the remedies of lower case loads, better pay, and greater public recognition. Recently, hiring staff with social work degrees has been offered as remedy to turnover but the studies are inconclusive. One area that has not been well explored is teamwork. In fact, no published studies have been found linking "teamwork" and workers' intentions to leave. This study, using an analysis of secondary data, develops a construct of "teamwork" to study its relationship to turnover. The study specifically explores "teamwork" compared with individual work-related factors - burnout and job satisfaction; one work environment factor - organizational climate and one personal factor - educational background. Logistical regression analysis was conducted on an anonymous random sample of 319 public child welfare caseworker's responses to an organization wide survey conducted in one U.S. Midwestern state in 2005. Findings indicate that the workers' positive perception of teamwork decreases their stated intentions to leave whereas the workers' burnout increases their stated intentions to leave. Based on the findings, implications for social work practice, social agency policy and directions for future research are discussed. The limitations of the study, instruments, and analysis of secondary data are included.

Download or read book Bridging Occupational Organizational and Public Health written by Georg F. Bauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our complex, fast changing society, health is strongly influenced by the continuously changing interactions between organisations and their employees. Three major fields contribute to health-oriented improvements of these interactions: occupational health, organizational health and public health. As currently only partial links exist amongst these fields, the book aims to explore potential synergies more systematically. Considering the high mental and social demands in a service and knowledge sector economy, the first part of the book focuses on work-related psychosocial factors. As a large proportion of inequalities in health in developed countries can be explained by inequalities in working conditions, those psychosocial factors with a particularly high public health impact are highlighted. As addressing these psychosocial factors requires to involve the organization as the key change agent, the second part covers approaches to improve public health through organizational level health interventions. The last section takes a look into the future of occupational, organizational and public health: what are the future challenges regarding occupational health and how can they be tackled within and beyond the organizational level. Overall, this integrating book will help to broaden the evidence-base, legitimacy and efficacy of occupational- and organizational-level health interventions and thus increase their public health impact.

Download or read book Burnout in Child Welfare Workers written by Mary Mcfarland and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: Burnout affects the quality of services provided to clients, the health and wellbeing of employees, and contributes to the infamously high turnover rates in social work. The purpose of this study is to use the professional quality of life model and the constructivist self-development theory to explore how social support and work-related factors influence risk of burnout. Research questions: 1) Does social support serve as a protective factor? 2) Are there other contributing factors that increase risk of burnout? Methods: Qualtrics was used to create an online survey, administered via email to 55 employees of the Department of Social Services. The survey included the Professional Quality of Life scale and Berlin Social Support Scales. Results: The only hypothesized significant relationship found was between number of hours worked per week and secondary traumatic stress. Another significant finding was that compassion satisfaction was higher in older social workers. Discussion: A larger sample is needed to show additional significant correlations. Future research should focus on gaining a better understanding of the causes of burnout and secondary traumatic stress in order to increase compassion satisfaction and other protective factors to proactively treat the problem.