Work Engagement, Burnout and Personal Accomplishments Among Social Workers: A Comparison Between Those Working in Children and Adults’ Services in England

Social workers (SWs) provide emotional and practical support to vulnerable service users who are likely to suffer from emotional trauma and mental health conditions. Stress and burnout levels are reported to be high among SWs, however, little is known about their relationships with different charact...

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Autor principal: Hussein, Shereen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6208912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29700668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0872-z
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Sumario:Social workers (SWs) provide emotional and practical support to vulnerable service users who are likely to suffer from emotional trauma and mental health conditions. Stress and burnout levels are reported to be high among SWs, however, little is known about their relationships with different characteristics. The current article utilises unique and large dataset (n = 3786) on SWs working in adults and children’s services to examine factors associated with burnout. Employing job-demand/resources model and structural equations modelling, we highlight the varying significant impact of work-engagement, administrative support and work experience as moderating factors to burnout across adult and children service specialism in this sample.

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