Examining internal and external job resources in child welfare: Protecting against caseworker burnout

• Published in: Child abuse & neglect Vol. 81; pp. 48 - 59
• Main Authors: He, Amy S., Phillips, Jon D., Lizano, Erica L., Rienks, Shauna, Leake, Robin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Attrition; Burnout; Caseworkers; Child welfare; Children; Client relationships; Conceptual models; Job characteristics; Job demands and resources; Labor force; Occupational stress; Pressure; Quality of work; Social workers; Well being; Workforce; Workplaces; Child welfare; Job demands and resources; Burnout

Given intense job demands, it is not surprising that job burnout is a consistent threat to the well-being and retention of the child welfare workforce. Guided by central postulates of the Job Demands and Resources (JD-R) model which suggests that job burnout develops because of experiences of high w...