Hoy-Gerlach Janet, Ojha Mamta, Arkow Phil
School of Social Justice, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States.
National Link Coalition, Etowah, NC, United States.
Front Vet Sci. 2021 Nov 10;8:734396. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.734396. eCollection 2021.
Animal shelter workers (ASWs) are at disproportionate risk of moral injury, secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, and burn-out. While there is an emerging body of literature developing on understanding the nuances of these experiences for ASWs, little work has been done on developing strategies to ameliorate occupational stressors and the negative effects of such for ASWs. Within this paper, occupational risks and protective factors for ASWs are summarized, and the emergence of social work within animal shelter settings as one strategy for helping to ameliorate the occupational stress experienced by ASWs is delineated.
动物收容所工作人员(ASWs)面临道德伤害、继发性创伤、同情疲劳和职业倦怠的风险极高。虽然关于理解ASWs这些经历细微差别的文献不断涌现,但在制定策略以缓解职业压力源及其对ASWs的负面影响方面,所做的工作却很少。在本文中,总结了ASWs的职业风险和保护因素,并阐述了社会工作在动物收容所环境中的出现,作为帮助缓解ASWs所经历的职业压力的一种策略。