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The purpose of this systematic review is to fill the gap in a critical understanding of peer-reviewed empirical research on self-care practices to identify structural, relational, and individual-level facilitators and barriers to self-care practices in social work.
Sep 20, 2023 · The organizational literature outlines several work-related factors such as increased workloads, lack of recognition, poor workplace relationships as contributing to stress and burnout. This study has not considered the influence that such factors may have on the variables included in this study.
May 3, 2018 · Self-care may not only be crucial in preventing secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and high staff turnover, but it can serve as a means of empowerment that enables practitioners to proactively and intentionally negotiate their overall health, well-being, and resilience.
- Jacquelyn J. Lee, Shari E. Miller
- 2013
For too long, the impetus has been on individual social workers to take care of themselves and to seek their own therapy. This is a professionwide challenge that shouldn’t be left to individuals to resolve. The pandemic has heightened social workers’ stress by creating a collective trauma.
Oct 31, 2023 · Purpose: Social workers navigate systemic stressors while managing self-care amid scant institutional support. The purpose of this systematic review is to critically examine the state of social work intervention research for self-care practices.
Nov 7, 2023 · This study provides promising preliminary evidence that if social workers who are experiencing issues with anxiety, depression and mental well-being are supported to reduce feelings of stress, emotional exhaustion, and increase feelings of personal accomplishment, they are likely to experience improvements in their mental health and job performa...
Jan 10, 2022 · In facing the stresses and difficulties of the profession, social workers require a set of skills that promote their own well-being alongside others’ (Grant & Kinman, 2012). Newell (2020) recently developed an ecologically oriented model of self-care practice for social workers.
