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Retaining child protection workers: the effects of agency practices

Authors: Parry, Kirstin;

Retaining child protection workers: the effects of agency practices

Abstract

Ce projet de recherche englobe une étude quantitative et descriptive des pratiques organisationnelles exerçant la plus grande influence sur la rétention des travailleurs voués au bien-être de l'enfance en Ontario. La création d'un modèle a permis de présenter les facteurs significatifs liés à la rétention de ces travailleurs. L'objet de la recherche consistait à comparer la façon dont des variables indépendantes, dont les caractéristiques sociodémographiques des travailleurs, les variables liées à la clientèle, ainsi que les procédures des agences, exerçaient un impact, individuellement et conjointement avec la satisfaction professionnelle, sur la rétention des travailleurs membres de deux sociétés d'aide à l'enfance de l'Ontario. Parmi les instruments de mesure utilisés figuraient une enquête sur la satisfaction professionnelle (Spector, 1997), une fiche d'information démographique et un sondage organisationnel. Ces instruments visaient à comparer les différences caractérisant les pratiques organisationnelles réelles et le niveau de satisfaction des travailleurs avec les pratiques adoptées par les deux agences. Par la suite, les scores moyens de satisfaction des travailleurs ont fait l'objet d'une comparaison avec les normes de l'enquête sur la satisfaction professionnelle, dans les domaines des services à la personne et des professions infirmières. Conclusions indiquent qu'Agence procédures associées au travailleur des facteurs de satisfaction d'emploi plus contribués à la rétention plutôt que la démographie de travailleur et variables client et c'était compatible avec d'autres études. Par conséquent, organismes de protection de l'enfance ont besoin d'accroître leurs efforts concernant les politiques des organismes et des pratiques telles que les salaires compétitifs, la quantité et la qualité de surveillance et d'avantages sociaux inclus afin de conserver des travailleurs.

This study involves a quantitative, descriptive study of the Ontario child welfare organizational practices that most influence retention of its workers. A model was created to display significant factors related to worker retention. The purpose of the research was to compare how independent variables such as worker demographics, client variables, and agency procedures, individually and together with worker job satisfaction impacted worker retention in two Ontario Children's Aid Societies. Measures utilized included the Job Satisfaction Survey (Spector, 1997), a demographic information sheet, and an organizational survey to compare differences in the actual organizational practices and workers' satisfaction levels with those practices of the two agencies. Job satisfaction mean scores were then compared to JSS norms from the human services and nursing professions. Findings indicated that agency procedures combined with worker job satisfaction factors most contributed to retention rather than the worker demographics and client variables and this was consistent with other studies. Therefore, child welfare agencies need to increase their efforts regarding agency policies and practices such as competitive salaries, quantity and quality of supervision, and inclusive fringe benefits in order to retain workers.

Duder, Sydney (Internal/Supervisor)

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Canada
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Keywords

Social Work, Social Sciences - Social Work

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