There is little disagreement about the importance of a healthy stable workforce in promoting
effective provision of child welfare services. This review proposes a multi-level conceptual …

Child welfare workers (CWWs) often work under conditions similar in nature to workers
within safety critical organizations (SCOs). This is because most of their work surrounds …

Whilst there is broad consensus that COVID-19 has had a pernicious impact on child welfare
services, in general, and child welfare workers, specifically, this notion has not been …

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 …

Child welfare workers experience higher rates of vicarious trauma, workplace stress, and
compassion fatigue, when compared to other social service workers. Increasingly, social …

Child welfare workers typically face strict deadlines, limited training periods, high caseloads,
and understaffing. These high-demand positions often coupled with few organizational or …

A highly skilled and committed child welfare workforce is necessary to support the safety,
permanency, and well-being of children in foster care. Nevertheless, turnover is high. Job …

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of professional autonomy (PA) and
person–environment fit (person–job [PJ] fit and person–organization [PO] fit) on turnover …

In recent years, federal funds have been directed toward programs to improve the
organizational health and functioning of public and tribal child welfare agencies. This study …

Retention of the child welfare workforce is an ongoing challenge. In this study, we evaluate
the association between child welfare workers' perceptions of agency leadership and their …