Factors that affect social workers' job satisfaction, stress and burnout

Abstract

There has been a growing focus in academic research on the strain and exhaustion that are experienced by those who work in the medical field.Because of considerable developments in administration, society, and politics, the duties and responsibilities that employees are expected to fulfill have undergone significant transformations in recent years. The idea that predominates among academics is that social work is an extremely difficult line of work. This line of work is characterized by tensions between advocating for clients and meeting the needs of the agency, which acts as a primary source of stress for social workers. The investigation of previous work in the field of social work for the present study was directed by two key questions: Is it true that social workers are subjected to a greater amount of stress than other medical professionals? What factors contribute to social workers experiencing high levels of stress and weariness, and how may these factors be mitigated? The vast majority of the available research primarily relied on anecdotal evidence or compared the levels of stress experienced by social workers to the levels of stress experienced by the general population. This was done rather than doing an analysis comparing the levels of stress experienced by social workers and professionals in sectors that are comparable. It has been noted, on the basis of existing empirical data, that social workers have a higher susceptibility to stress and exhaustion when compared to their counterparts in other professional fields. This is because social workers deal with a greater variety of people and situations. The investigation of various variables, including the organizational framework of the work environment and the inherent tension that exists between job requirements and philosophical beliefs, has allowed for the establishment of a correlation between stress and fatigue within the social work profession. This association has been shown to be causal. It was discovered that there is evidence to support the preventative effects of cooperation and monitoring.