Family workers, stress, and the limits of self-care

Caroline Mavridis, Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super and Jia Li Liu

Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 103, issue C, 236-246

Abstract: High levels of work-related stress have been frequently documented among front-line family service providers including social workers, home visitors, and agency staff members. Left unaddressed, such stress contributes to burn-out and job turnover, with negative effects on client families as well as agencies and the workers themselves. In response to this problem, some child and family service organizations have encouraged the use of self-care practices to counteract the inherent stresses of these jobs. The present study reports on descriptions of stress and self-care contained in written portfolios of 99 family workers enrolled in a strength-based training program, the Family Development Credential®.

Keywords: Family workers; Occupational stress; Self-care practices; Human service agencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.06.011

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