Discussion paper
Caring for our frontline child protection workforce
Publisher
Child abuse
Labour supply
Social workers
Child protection
Residential care
Children
Wellbeing
Working conditions
Australia
Description
Frontline child protection work is highly stressful, emotionally taxing and, at times, can result in secondary trauma. Additionally, statutory child protection organisations consistently experience high turnover and staff shortages, creating adverse workplace cultures and extra stress for their workforce. Consequently, there is a growing recognition of the need to develop organisational strategies to foster the wellbeing of the frontline child protection workforce. The aim of this paper is to offer some guidance to the management of child protection and related services by drawing on occupational health literature.
Publication Details
ISBN:
978-1-76016-112-5
Copyright:
Commonwealth of Australia 2016
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
2 Feb 2017
