背景:虽然儿童福利奖学金非常关注员工的幸福感,比如倦怠,继发性创伤应激(STS),和同情心的满足,很少有研究调查这些结果如何影响个案工作技能的利用。
目的:本研究旨在了解儿童福利劳动力幸福感与个案工作技能使用之间的关系。具体来说,我们检查了倦怠之间的关联,STS,和同情满意度和个案工作技能,包括父母/青年参与,安全和风险评估/案例规划,和相对/亲属连接。
方法:参与者包括中西部州的786名儿童福利直接服务人员和主管。
方法:使用重复的横截面设计,数据是通过在线调查收集的。多变量回归测试了幸福感度量与个案工作技能之间的关系。
结果:首先,较高的同情满意度呈正相关(p=0.000,f2=0.14),而较高的职业倦怠(p=0.000,f2=0.04)和STS(p=0.002,f2=0.01)与参与技能的使用呈负相关。同样,较高的同情满意度呈正相关(p=0.000,f2=0.18),较高的倦怠(p=0.000,f2=0.06)和STS(p=0.001,f2=0.02)与评估/病例计划技能的使用呈负相关.最后,同情满意度(p=0.000,f2=0.06)与亲戚/亲戚关系呈正相关,而倦怠则呈负相关(p=0.000,f2=0.02)。
结论:儿童福利劳动力的幸福感可能会影响案例工作技能的使用。需要更多的研究来了解积极的员工福利如何影响服务提供,最终,孩子和家庭的结果。
BACKGROUND: While child welfare scholarship has paid much attention to workforce well-being such as burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS), and compassion satisfaction, few studies have investigated how these outcomes influence utilization of casework skills.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand the relationship between child welfare workforce well-being and use of casework skills. Specifically, we examined associations between burnout, STS, and compassion satisfaction and casework skills including parent/youth engagement, safety and risk assessment/case planning, and relative/kin connections.
METHODS: Participants comprised 786 child welfare direct service workers and supervisors in a Midwestern state.
METHODS: Using a repeated cross-sectional design, data were collected via online surveys. Multivariate regression tested relationships between measures of well-being and casework skills.
RESULTS: First, higher compassion satisfaction was positively associated (p = 0.000, f2 = 0.14) while higher burnout (p = 0.000, f2 = 0.04) and STS (p = 0.002, f2 = 0.01) were negatively associated with use of engagement skills. Similarly, higher compassion satisfaction was positively associated (p = 0.000, f2 = 0.18) and higher burnout (p = 0.000, f2 = 0.06) and STS (p = 0.001, f2 = 0.02) were negatively associated with use of assessment/case planning skills. Lastly, compassion satisfaction (p = 0.000, f2 = 0.06) was positively associated and burnout was negatively associated (p = 0.000, f2 = 0.02) with relative/kin connections.
CONCLUSIONS: Child welfare workforce well-being may influence use of casework skills. More research is needed to understand how positive workforce well-being impacts service delivery and, ultimately, child and family outcomes.