PhD, LMSW, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri-Columbia, 701 Fifth Street, 726 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65203, USA.
PhD, LSW, is professor and associate dean for research and faculty, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Soc Work. 2024 Mar 19;69(2):142-150. doi: 10.1093/sw/swae005.
Burnout has a historic and disproportionate impact on social workers and is one important contributor to the ongoing health and behavioral health workforce crisis in the United States. Little is known, however, about social workers' experiences of burnout and their perceptions of factors that contribute to burnout since the COVID-19 pandemic. This study sought to explore this by answering the following research questions: (a) To what extent are social workers in South Carolina experiencing burnout? and (b) What do South Carolina social workers view as the top reasons for burnout in their professional role? Seventy social work practitioners and leaders from South Carolina completed an online survey during Fall 2022 that included the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and an open-ended question focused on identifying their perceptions of the top three reasons for burnout in the profession. Findings suggest that social workers in this study are experiencing moderate levels of burnout since the COVID-19 pandemic and report primarily organizational (83 percent) contributors to burnout. They also identified individual (36 percent), systemic (29 percent), and interpersonal (27 percent) contributors to burnout. Implications are discussed related to policy and practice responses to prevent and address burnout among social workers.
burnout 对社会工作者有着历史性和不成比例的影响，是美国持续存在的卫生和行为健康劳动力危机的一个重要因素。然而，自 COVID-19 大流行以来，人们对社会工作者的 burnout 经历及其对导致 burnout 的因素的看法知之甚少。这项研究试图通过回答以下研究问题来探讨这一点：(a) 南卡罗来纳州的社会工作者经历 burnout 的程度如何？和 (b) 南卡罗来纳州的社会工作者认为导致职业 burnout 的首要原因是什么？2022 年秋季，70 名南卡罗来纳州的社会工作者和领导者完成了一项在线调查，其中包括哥本哈根 burnout 量表和一个开放性问题，重点是确定他们对职业 burnout 的前三个原因的看法。调查结果表明，参与研究的社会工作者自 COVID-19 大流行以来经历了中等程度的 burnout，报告主要的 burnout 因素来自组织（83%）。他们还确定了个人（36%）、系统（29%）和人际（27%）的 burnout 因素。讨论了与政策和实践应对措施相关的影响，以预防和解决社会工作者的 burnout 问题。
