Julien-Chinn Francie J, Katz Colleen C, Wall Eden
Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Gartly Hall, Honolulu, HI USA.
Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY USA.
Child Adolesc Social Work J. 2021 Nov 2:1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10560-021-00800-w.
Child welfare work is inherently difficult, and child welfare agencies are known to experience high rates of turnover. We sought to expand the existing literature on intention to leave one's child welfare agency and commitment to child welfare work through examining the coping mechanisms of frontline workers. Having and utilizing healthy coping mechanisms has proved beneficial to child welfare workers in previous research. In this paper, we examine specific coping mechanisms identified in the Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment and how they were associated with child welfare workers' intent to leave their agency and their commitment to remain in the field of child welfare during the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. We surveyed over 250 child welfare caseworkers using the COHA instrument. Using both bivariate analysis and linear regression, we identify specific coping mechanisms, such as staying present with friends and family, as highly influential and discuss ways to strengthen these areas.
儿童福利工作本身就很困难，而且众所周知，儿童福利机构的人员流动率很高。我们试图通过研究一线工作人员的应对机制，来扩展现有的关于离开儿童福利机构的意愿和对儿童福利工作的承诺的文献。在先前的研究中，拥有并运用健康的应对机制已被证明对儿童福利工作者有益。在本文中，我们研究了《综合组织健康评估》中确定的具体应对机制，以及在严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（COVID-19）大流行期间，这些机制与儿童福利工作者离开其机构的意愿以及留在儿童福利领域的承诺之间的关联。我们使用《综合组织健康评估》工具对250多名儿童福利个案工作者进行了调查。通过双变量分析和线性回归，我们确定了诸如与朋友和家人相处等特定应对机制具有高度影响力，并讨论了加强这些方面的方法。
