Retention of front-line staff in child welfare: A systematic review of research

DePanfilis, Diane; Zlotnik, Joan Levy

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.12.017

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“…The question of how to organise an initial 'sheltered' time at the workplace where the newly educated social worker can learn on-the-job before having to take full responsibility is neither new nor easy to solve. The reality of high turnover, vacancies and many newly educated social workers at the same workplace (Blomberg, Kallio, Kroll, & Saarinen, 2014;de Panfilis & Zlotnik, 2008;Tham, 2007;Tham & Meagher, 2009;Travis, Lizano, & Mor Barak, 2016;Webb & Carpenter, 2012) do not provide the best opportunities for giving new practitioners the sheltered time, support and guidance they would have needed. Initiatives such as the newly qualified child and family social workers (NQSWs) programme in England to support new practitioners to build their skills, competence and self-confidence in the first year of practice and an assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) arising from this programme are promising developments (Carpenter et al, 2015;Social Work Reform Board, 2010).…”

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‘Lost in transition?’ – Newly educated social workers’ reflections on their first months in practice

Tham

Lynch

2017

European Journal of Social Work

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‘Lost in transition?’ – Newly educated social workers’ reflections on their first months in practice

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Lynch

2017

European Journal of Social Work

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“…Other variables were also examined as possible confounding covariates. Years of experience in child welfare work, salary, and social work degree were considered because they were found to be related to worker outcomes in previous studies (Barth et al 2008;DePanfilis and Zlotnik 2008;Dickinson and Perry 2002;Manlove and Guzell 1997;Smith 2005). For example, years of work experience was a predictor of retention in the studies of Manlove and Guzell (1997) as well as Smith (2005).…”

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Psychological Empowerment and Child Welfare Worker Outcomes: A Path Analysis

Lee

Hrostowski

2011

Child Youth Care Forum

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The purpose of this study was to investigate how work environment and psychological empowerment related to worker outcomes in public child welfare. These relationships were examined by testing a conceptual model in which psychological empowerment mediated the relationships between work environment variables (quality of supervision and role ambiguity) and worker outcome variables (emotional exhaustion and intentions to remain employed in child welfare). Responses from 234 public child welfare front-line workers in a southeastern state were used to test the proposed mediating model. The results of the study revealed that quality of supervision and psychological empowerment were directly related to workers' intentions to remain employed in child welfare. An indirect relationship between quality of supervision and intentions to remain through the mediating variable of psychological empowerment was found. Quality of supervision was also indirectly related to worker emotional exhaustion through the mediating variable of psychological empowerment. While the work environment variable role ambiguity was not directly related to the outcomes emotional exhaustion or intentions to remain, indirect relationships through the mediating variable of psychological empowerment were found.

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“…In considering the Global Agenda we should consider whether faced with such a powerful economic approach of neoliberalism, and a profession which is often uncritical, reticent to claim credit for its achievements (Jones and Truell, 2012), impacted by low morale and confidence of social work practitioners (DePanfilis and Zlotnik, 2008;Jones, 2005) and a failure to engage at a policy level have resulted in the profession (unconsciously or consciously) aiding neoliberal policy reform (Lorenz, 2005)?…”

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The implications of neoliberalism for social work: Reflections from a six-country international research collaboration

Spolander

Engelbrecht

Martin

et al. 2014

International Social Work

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The near global implementation of public sector and social welfare reform as a result of neoliberal economic reform has impacted on social work and social inequality. State strategies to reduce social Corresponding author: Gary Spolander, Charles Ward Building, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK. Email: g.spolander@coventry.ac.uk 524964I SW0010.1177/0020872814524964International Social WorkSpolander et al. research-article2014Article 302 International Social Work 57(4)and economic inequality are being challenged and rolled back. This article uses the reflections from a six-country EU-funded social work research collaboration to promote debate and compare global social work perspectives, to highlight the complexity of research, to explore implications for practice and the Global Agenda. It concludes by highlighting that global comparisons are complex, multifaceted and that political, cultural and economic context is critical to develop effective responses.

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Retention of front-line staff in child welfare: A systematic review of research

Cited by 204 publications

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‘Lost in transition?’ – Newly educated social workers’ reflections on their first months in practice

‘Lost in transition?’ – Newly educated social workers’ reflections on their first months in practice

Psychological Empowerment and Child Welfare Worker Outcomes: A Path Analysis

The implications of neoliberalism for social work: Reflections from a six-country international research collaboration

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