This study uses a social exchange framework to address child welfare job retention. Data
collected from an in-person survey of child welfare staff (Time 1) and staff retention …

This study examined the relationships between work–life balance and several job-related
factors among 573 public child welfare workers in a northeastern state in the United States …

Turnover among the child welfare workforce has been linked to workforce demographics,
individual-level work attitudes, and organizational conditions. It is relatively understudied …

This article describes differences in perceptions of the child welfare work environment
among Title IV-E educated individuals who remain within public child welfare and those who …

This study was designed to explore individual and organizational factors useful in explaining
retention of professional staff in public child welfare agencies. The study examined linkages …

The findings of this study build on and extend previous research on factors that contribute to
job satisfaction in public child welfare agencies. Because the study agency has stabilized its …

Rates of turnover are high in child welfare settings, impacting the organization, remaining
workers and the children and families under their care. A number of demographic …

Prior research shows child welfare workforce has constantly been challenged by worker's
turnover issue. Although improving job satisfaction is adopted by many agencies as a …

This mixed methods study used a snowball sample (n= 54) to capture retrospective insight
from former public child welfare workers about job satisfaction and reasons they left their …

The critical role played by child welfare workers in the protection of abused and neglected
children is seriously undermined by rapid staff turnover and the impaired performance …