Child welfare workers who are exhausted yet satisfied with their jobs: how do they do it?

By C. Stalker, D. Mandell, Karen Frensch, C. Harvey, M. Wright. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science

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Enhancing Wellbeing in Social Work Students: Building Resilience in the Next Generation (2012, unknown): “Studies conducted in several countries have found high levels of stress and burnout amongst social workers (Barak et al., 2001; Lloyd et al., 2002; Stalker et al., 2007).”
Professional Supervision: A Workforce Retention Strategy for Social Work? (2012, background): “perspective assisted participants in maintaining a mindset of autonomy, as well as a sense of accomplishment (Halbesleben, 2008; Russ et al., 2009; Stalker et al., 2007).”
Mindfulness, Self-Care, and Wellness in Social Work: Effects of Contemplative Training (2011, unknown): “…of resources and the pervasive effects of organizational constraints on the social worker’s environment (Anderson, 2000; Bell, Kulkarni, & Dalton, 2003; Farrell & Geist-Martin, 2005; Mor Barak, Nissly, & Levin, 2001; Ospina-Kammerer & Dixon, 2001; Stalker, Mandell, Frensch, Harvey, & Wright, 2007).”
Exploring Individual and Organizational Factors Contributing to Compassion Satisfaction, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout in Domestic Violence Service Providers (2013, background): “Research has suggested that a provider’s self-perception of “making a difference” through his or her efforts was strongly related to job satisfaction (Stalker et al., 2007).”
Emotional Resilience in the Helping Professions and how it can be Enhanced (2014, background): “Although undoubtedly stressful, it should be acknowledged that the majority of helping © 2014 S.P. Forrest, The Higher Education Academy professionals enjoy their work and find it deeply satisfying (Stalker et al. 2007, Collins 2008, Mealer et al. 2012).”
Using Resilience to Reconceptualise Child Protection Workforce Capacity (2009, background): “Despite this predominant negative focus, researchers have increasingly identified a proportion of child protection workers who continue to function effectively and report high job satisfaction (Conrad & Kellar-Guenther, 2006 ; Reagh, 1994 ; Stalker, Mandell, Frensch, Harvey, & Wright, 2007 ).”
Resilience and Burnout in Child Protection Social Work: Individual and Organisational Themes from a Systematic Literature Review (2015, background): “Four articles were categorised as relevant to the discussion of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction and report on the factors found to be prevalent for both ends of this continuum (Stalker et al., 2007; Nordick, 2002; Szu Chen, 2009; Cahalane, 2008).”
Intrapsychic Correlates of Professional Quality of Life: Mindfulness, Empathy, and Emotional Separation (2010, result): “This result was consistent with recent reflections by Radey and Figley (2007) and Stalker et al. (2007), who similarly emphasized the importance of considering the positive effects of caring.”