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How Spiritual Support at Work Can Prevent Burnout and Improve Well-being in Child Welfare Workers THIS STUDY LOOKED AT
While meaningful, the work of the child welfare professional is emotionally taxing and can lead to
BURNOUT, COMPASSION FATIGUE, EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION.
&
This study explored how organizational spiritual support might protect against those outcomes and improve well-being. KEY QUESTION
Can organizational spiritual support make a difference for
1. Does working at a faith-based organization help? 2. Does perceived organizational support for
professionals in child welfare?
spiritual practices matter? 3. Does the ability to actually engage in spiritual practices predict well-being?
We looked at how these factors relate to:
LIFE SATISFACTION
BURNOUT
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RESILIENCE
SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS
COMPASSION SATISFACTION
BELIZE, BOLIVIA
CANADA, COSTA RICA GHANA, GUATEMALA
CHILD WELFARE
PROFESSIONALS
representing
NINETEEN
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING:
INDIA, KENYA
MALAWI MEXICO, NIGERIA
PERU, PHILIPPINES
SIERRA LEONE
UGANDA
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
UNITED STATES
ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE
Based on research by Nicole Gilbertson Wilke, Jedd Medefind & Amanda Hiles Howard