Why Are They Leaving? Factors Affecting Intention to Leave among Social Workers in Child Welfare / Pia Tham in The british journal of social work, 7, vol. 37 (oct. 2007)

Public ISBD [article]  inThe british journal of social work > 7, vol. 37 (oct. 2007) . - pp. 1225-1246 Titre : Why Are They Leaving? Factors Affecting Intention to Leave among Social Workers in Child Welfare Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Pia Tham, Auteur Editeur : Oxford : Oxford university press - GB - Oxford Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 1225-1246 Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : TS Enfants:Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. # Travail:Conditions de travail # Travailleurs sociaux Mots-clés : Travailleur social  Protection de l'enfance  Condition de travail Résumé : "This article addresses a topic that has not previously been researched in Sweden, i.e. factors associated with the intention of social workers to leave their place of work. A comprehensive questionnaire was distributed to 309 social workers in child welfare in the County of Stockholm (drop-out rate: 3 per cent). The study comprised a total of forty-two workgroups. All the social workers handling referrals and investigating the situation of children and youth in these areas were included. One of the most striking results was that although 54 per cent of the social workers had been at their current workplace for two years or less, 48 per cent intended to leave their jobs. A logistic regression analysis showed that the variable of greatest importance for the intention to leave the workplace was lack of human resource orientation within the organization, i.e. the extent to which personnel are rewarded for a job well done, feel well taken care of and where management is interested in their health and well-being. A final conclusion of this study is that when measuring the impact of different aspects of work tasks compared with some aspects of organizational culture, it becomes clear that the latter seem to be most important in this respect." Permalink : http://cdocs.helha.be/pmblln/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=12875 [article] Why Are They Leaving? Factors Affecting Intention to Leave among Social Workers in Child Welfare [texte imprimé] / Pia Tham, Auteur . - Oxford : Oxford university press - GB - Oxford, 2007 . - pp. 1225-1246. Langues : Français (fre) in The british journal of social work > 7, vol. 37 (oct. 2007) . - pp. 1225-1246 Catégories : TS Enfants:Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. # Travail:Conditions de travail # Travailleurs sociaux Mots-clés : Travailleur social  Protection de l'enfance  Condition de travail Résumé : "This article addresses a topic that has not previously been researched in Sweden, i.e. factors associated with the intention of social workers to leave their place of work. A comprehensive questionnaire was distributed to 309 social workers in child welfare in the County of Stockholm (drop-out rate: 3 per cent). The study comprised a total of forty-two workgroups. All the social workers handling referrals and investigating the situation of children and youth in these areas were included. One of the most striking results was that although 54 per cent of the social workers had been at their current workplace for two years or less, 48 per cent intended to leave their jobs. A logistic regression analysis showed that the variable of greatest importance for the intention to leave the workplace was lack of human resource orientation within the organization, i.e. the extent to which personnel are rewarded for a job well done, feel well taken care of and where management is interested in their health and well-being. A final conclusion of this study is that when measuring the impact of different aspects of work tasks compared with some aspects of organizational culture, it becomes clear that the latter seem to be most important in this respect." Permalink : http://cdocs.helha.be/pmblln/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=12875

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Working in Human Services : How Do Experiences and Working Conditions in Child Welfare Social Work Compare? / Pia Tham in The british journal of social work, 5, vol. 39 (July 2009)

Public ISBD [article]  inThe british journal of social work > 5, vol. 39 (July 2009) . - pp. 807-827 Titre : Working in Human Services : How Do Experiences and Working Conditions in Child Welfare Social Work Compare? Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Pia Tham, Auteur ; Gabrielle Meagher, Auteur Année de publication : 2009 Article en page(s) : pp. 807-827 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Cardijn Etude comparative # Service social TS Enfants:Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. # Ressources humaines # Travail:Conditions de travail # Travailleurs sociaux Résumé : "Child welfare agencies in many rich countries are having difficulty recruiting and retaining social workers. However, these problems are not unique to child welfare: retention problems have also been widely reported in both mental and general health facilities. In this paper, we compare the perceptions of work and working conditions held by child welfare social workers with the perceptions held by other professional human service workers in the public sector in Sweden. Do the social workers' experiences of their tasks or organizational conditions differ from the other groups, and, if so, how? Are workforce problems particularly acute in child welfare, or do social workers in this field share more or less common problems with other human service professionals? We found that although social workers in general, and child welfare social workers in particular, made positive assessments of some dimensions of their working lives, social work was unusually demanding among human service professions on several measures of workload, complexity of tasks and quality of management. The strains of the job that social workers expressed call upon employers to promote working conditions that offer more support, and to recognize and value social workers for their work." Permalink : http://cdocs.helha.be/pmblln/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14314 [article] Working in Human Services : How Do Experiences and Working Conditions in Child Welfare Social Work Compare? [texte imprimé] / Pia Tham, Auteur ; Gabrielle Meagher, Auteur . - 2009 . - pp. 807-827. Langues : Anglais (eng) in The british journal of social work > 5, vol. 39 (July 2009) . - pp. 807-827 Catégories : Cardijn Etude comparative # Service social TS Enfants:Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. # Ressources humaines # Travail:Conditions de travail # Travailleurs sociaux Résumé : "Child welfare agencies in many rich countries are having difficulty recruiting and retaining social workers. However, these problems are not unique to child welfare: retention problems have also been widely reported in both mental and general health facilities. In this paper, we compare the perceptions of work and working conditions held by child welfare social workers with the perceptions held by other professional human service workers in the public sector in Sweden. Do the social workers' experiences of their tasks or organizational conditions differ from the other groups, and, if so, how? Are workforce problems particularly acute in child welfare, or do social workers in this field share more or less common problems with other human service professionals? We found that although social workers in general, and child welfare social workers in particular, made positive assessments of some dimensions of their working lives, social work was unusually demanding among human service professions on several measures of workload, complexity of tasks and quality of management. The strains of the job that social workers expressed call upon employers to promote working conditions that offer more support, and to recognize and value social workers for their work." Permalink : http://cdocs.helha.be/pmblln/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14314

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