A burdened workforce: Exploring burnout, job satisfaction and turnover among child welfare caseworkers in the era of COVID-19

V Lushin, CC Katz, FJ Julien-Chinn… - Children and Youth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Turnover in the field of child welfare is a serious concern. While turnover has been
consistently associated with worker burnout, less is known about which specific types of …

Linking authentic leadership and employee turnover intention: the influences of sense of calling and job satisfaction

Z Liu, H Wong - Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This research aims at examining how authentic leadership impacts social workers'
withdrawal behaviors through two intermediate mechanisms: sense of calling and job …

An examination of coping strategies and intent to leave child welfare during the COVID 19 pandemic

FJ Julien-Chinn, CC Katz, E Wall - Child and Adolescent Social Work …, 2021 - Springer
Child welfare work is inherently difficult, and child welfare agencies are known to experience
high rates of turnover. We sought to expand the existing literature on intention to leave one's …

A statewide integrated child welfare coaching and mentoring program: Mentored workers' perception of quality, impact, and satisfaction

KR Trawver, H Brocious - Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Child welfare workforce retention and turnover have been increasing and chronic
challenges impacting public child welfare agencies. One response has been the …

Developing an intervention to enhance parental monitoring in family foster care

S Baviskar, M Bergström… - Research on Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To fulfill their supervision and counseling responsibilities to foster parents, social
workers need an effective way to indirectly monitor foster children's mental health and …

La Satisfacción Laboral de los y las Profesionales de Acogimiento Residencial Infantil y Juvenil: Una Mirada Europea

A Cantos-Egea, M Camarero-Figuerola… - Qualitative Research …, 2024 - hipatiapress.com
This systematic review examines job satisfaction among staff working in childcare settings,
with the aim of understanding the factors that influence their well-being and its impact on the …

[PDF][PDF] Job Satisfaction of Child and Youth Residential Care Professionals: A European Overview

A Cantos-Egea, M Camarero-Figuerola… - … in Education (2014 …, 2024 - hipateiapres.com
This systematic review examines job satisfaction among staff working in childcare settings,
with the aim of understanding the factors that influence their well-being and its impact on the …

Precarious professionals: The impact of Neoliberalism on the workforce of the Nonprofit Human Service Sector

C Hyde - Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2024 - degruyter.com
Forty years of neoliberal policies and protocols, such as privatization, austerity measures,
and managerialism, has pushed the US human service sector to the brink of collapse. This …

Using natural language processing approaches to characterize professional experiences of child welfare workers

K Chansiri, X Wei, KHB Chor - Children and Youth Services Review, 2024 - Elsevier
High turnover rates among child welfare workers, including caseworkers and supervisors,
are associated with negative attitudes and perceptions about work (NAPW). Our study aimed …

Inclusive Leadership to Address Discrimination and Improve Retention in Child Welfare: Examining Multiple Pathways

Q Zhou, J Kim, A Semanchin Jones - Journal of Social Service …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Inclusive leadership has been discussed as an effective approach to workforce retention
and workplace racial discrimination by satisfying the demand for belongingness and …