Initiating and Sustaining a Mentoring Program for Child Welfare Staff

Strand, Virginia C.; Bosco-Ruggiero, Stephanie

doi:10.1080/03643100903432941

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“…Examples of studies that were not found to meet the inclusion criteria are Crowder and Sears (2017)wrong population; McGarrigle and Walsh (2011)wrong population; Strand and Dore (2005) wrong intervention and study design;and Maxwell et al (2016) wrong population and intervention.…”

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Staff Wellbeing and Retention in Children’s Social Work: Systematic Review of Interventions

Turley

Roberts

Foster

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Research on Social Work Practice

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Objective: To systematically review international evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions targeting the mental health, wellbeing, and retention of child and family social workers and their impact on child and family outcomes.Method:Systematic review and narrative synthesis of quantitative comparative studies. Published or unpublished research was sought via 12 bibliographic databases, websites, contact with experts, and citation tracking. Studies in any language were eligible for inclusion. Quality was assessed using Cochrane appraisal tools.Results: Fifteen studies were identified from 24 papers. Three studies considered individual-level interventions, with mixed and inconclusive findings. Eleven considered organisational interventions, with mixed but more promising findings. One study considered community-level interventions, with positive findings but a serious risk of bias. Only one study considered costs.Conclusion: The quality of evidence overall does not warrant clear recommendations for services. Organisation-level interventions show some promise. Robust, high-quality interventional studies are needed.

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Staff Wellbeing and Retention in Children’s Social Work: Systematic Review of Interventions

Turley

Roberts

Foster

et al. 2021

Research on Social Work Practice

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“…Specific strategies have been employed to help alleviate Fight or Flight? 189 these concerns, including: supervision, training, and mentoring (Gomez, Travis, Ayers-Lopez, & Schwab, in press; Mor Barak, Travis, Pyun, & Xie, 2009;Strand & Bosco-Ruggiero, 2010). While this research has helped shed light on child welfare turnover and retention, little is known about the cadre of worker responses.…”

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Fight or Flight? Factors Influencing Child Welfare Workers' Propensity to Seek Positive Change or Disengage from Their Jobs

Travis

Barak

2010

Journal of Social Service Research

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This cross-sectional study tests a theory-driven, conceptual model examining factors supporting or hindering child welfare workers' (n = 359) efforts to speak up (voice) or disengage psychologically (neglect) or physically (exit) from their jobs. Based on path analysis results, key findings indicate that workers who feel included in decision-making are more likely to exercise voice and less likely to engage in neglect. In contrast, workers who experienced supervisory and organizational support are less inclined to exit. The findings should be instructive to scholars and practitioners interested in capturing how employees' responses to stressful and complex work environments are expressed. KEYWORDS.Employee voice, job neglect, exit/intention to leave/turnover, inclusion in decisionmaking, supervisory and organizational support, job stress What may spark an individual's decision to provide critical yet important feedback to a supervisor despite the potential risk? What influences one's decision to refrain from putting full effort in their work or take steps toward quitting? These types of day-to-day situations underscore the importance of how one's inability to speak up or decision to not participate in work activities may impede organizational success. In child welfare organizations, these questions are particularly germane as workers often confront a host of work-related challenges resulting in

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“…A general reoccurring and concluding theme was the sense that leadership is a neglected area of emphasis within the profession and that further investigation is needed to explore outcomes of social work leaders and how leadership styles relate to organizational performance. These findings were further complemented by studies that explored the role of supervisors as position leaders contributing to job satisfaction and retention in an increasingly complex profession (Ellett, 2001;Ellett & Millar, 2004;Ellis, Ellett, & DeWeaver, 2006;Kelly, 2001;Smith, 2005;Strand & Bosco-Ruggiero, 2010). …”

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A Quantitative Analysis of Perceived Leadership Practices in Child Welfare Organizations

Popa

2012

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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Initiating and Sustaining a Mentoring Program for Child Welfare Staff

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Staff Wellbeing and Retention in Children’s Social Work: Systematic Review of Interventions

Staff Wellbeing and Retention in Children’s Social Work: Systematic Review of Interventions

Fight or Flight? Factors Influencing Child Welfare Workers' Propensity to Seek Positive Change or Disengage from Their Jobs

A Quantitative Analysis of Perceived Leadership Practices in Child Welfare Organizations

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