Compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and work engagement in residential child care
Audin, Kerry and Burke, Jolanta and Ivtzan, Itai (2018) Compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and work engagement in residential child care. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 17 (3). ISSN 1478-1840
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Abstract
Due to the challenging nature of the setting, residential childcare staff are at risk of developing compassion fatigue, including burnout and secondary traumatic stress. There is also opportunity to experience compassion satisfaction from supporting young people in need. These concepts are under-researched in residential childcare, as is work engagement; a sense of vigour, dedication and absorption at work which is beneficial for employees and organisations. This quantitative study investigated the relationship between compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and work engagement in staff working in independent residential childcare organisations in England, Scotland and Wales. The study used a within-participants design using correlational analyses, with a sample of 100 participants who completed a self-report questionnaire. Work engagement was positively correlated with compassion satisfaction and negatively correlated with the burnout aspect of compassion fatigue but not secondary traumatic stress. However, the absorption component of work engagement was positively associated with secondary traumatic stress, reflecting that burnout and secondary trauma are distinct aspects of compassion fatigue that relate differently with work engagement. It is recommended that residential childcare organisations be aware of, and implement support structures to prevent or minimise, both burnout and secondary traumatic stress in their employees.
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Item type: Article ID code: 84658 Dates: DateEvent18 September 2018PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 10 Mar 2023 15:48 Last modified: 12 Dec 2024 14:35 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/84658