Home Visitor Competence, Burnout, Support, and Client Engagement

Autor: Catherine Moon, Paula Margraf, Mark T. Greenberg, Sukhdeep Gill
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 15:23-44
ISSN: 1540-3556
1091-1359
DOI: 10.1300/j137v15n01_02
Popis: Home visitor characteristics, on-the-job training and support, job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover were examined over a five-year period. Home visitors were adequately trained, and scored high on measures of knowledge, competence, psychological functioning (indicated by measures of burnout and depression), and job satisfaction at program entry. Over time, home visitation was associated with higher emotional exhaustion and lower job satisfaction. Staff turnover was high during periods of program reorganization but had a positive impact on client engagement in that families served by more than one home visitor stayed in the program longer. Implications for program implementation are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE