Child welfare workers' perceptions of the value of social work education

Comparing the Ethical Code Implementation among Social Workers in Africa: Can Years of Experience Make a Difference?

“…Nevertheless, researcher also found no correlations between years in the organisations and retention, also that elevating practitioner to supervisory position could not guarantee their staying in the field of child welfare services (Weaver et al, 2006;Mason, LaPorte, Bronstein andAurebach, 2012: 1739). Some studies have found out that organisational factors encourages practitioners' exit from the field, such as lack of supervisory support, promotion openings and salary disparity, derisory preparation on service, "unmet expectations" (Kim, 2011:365;Mason et al, 2012). Further studies have revealed that individual's biographical data such as gender, age, education attainment, conflict of roles, exhaustion and workload have contributed to practitioners leaving the field (Ulrich et al, 2007(Ulrich et al, :1714Kim, 2011;Shim, 2010).…”