Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Journal / Book Title
Child Welfare
Abstract
Unlike many studies focused on retention and turnover in public child welfare, this study examined issues of job satisfaction and retention in voluntary child welfare. Although three-fourths of the 1, 624 workers surveyed intended to remain in child welfare, 57.3% had thought about leaving their agencies during the past year. All respondents were dissatisfied with their level of pay, but those thinking of leaving were significantly less satisfied with the contingent rewards they received.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
McGowan, Brenda G.; Auerbach, Charles; Conroy, Kathryn; Augsberger, Astraea; and Zeitlin, Wendy, "Workforce Retention Issues in Voluntary Child Welfare" (2010). Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 146.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/social-work-and-child-advocacy-facpubs/146
Published Citation
McGowan, B. G., Auerbach, C., Conroy, K., Augsberger, A., & Schudrich, W. (2010). Workforce retention issues in voluntary child welfare. Child Welfare, 89(6), 83-104.