An empowerment programme to regain positive work engagement for social workers in the North West Province
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description: The objective of this study is to reclaim positive work engagement for social workers in North-West province through an empowerment programme addressing the issues contributing to low job satisfaction, burnout, and job turnover of social workers. Keywords: Social work, social workers, group work, programme, empowerment, engagement, job satisfaction, stress and burnout. A serious shortage of social workers is experienced in South Africa. One of the reasons provided is the high turnover rate of social workers; thus social work is classified as a scarce skill profession. An urgent retention strategy is needed in order to retain social workers for the profession. Section A refers to the problem statement, research objectives, research procedures and research methodology. The keywords as well as the limitations of the research are investigated. The research was conducted in two phases. In phase one the needs assessment was implemented and in phase two the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the empowerment programme. The problem statement in section A is based on the following: The working life of social workers is limited and creates a shortage of social workers. Several factors contribute to this shortage of social workers, including the lack of resources, and of professional and family support. Undefined roles in social work contributed to lower job satisfaction and engagement. When social workers are under stress and do not have sufficient resources they will contemplate job turnover. Research indicates that positive work engagement can be put back into social work by addressing the factors contributing to job dissatisfaction, negativity, stress and burnout in the profession. Positive work engagement may be a protective factor against burnout. This problem statement resulted in the following research goal of reclaiming positive work engagement for social workers in North-West province through an empowerment programme addressing the issues contributing to low …
abstract: The objective of this study is to reclaim positive work engagement for social workers in North-West province through an empowerment programme addressing the issues contributing to low job satisfaction, burnout, and job turnover of social workers. Keywords: Social work, social workers, group work, programme, empowerment, engagement, job satisfaction, stress and burnout. A serious shortage of social workers is experienced in South Africa. One of the reasons provided is the high turnover rate of social workers; thus social work is classified as a scarce skill profession. An urgent retention strategy is needed in order to retain social workers for the profession. Section A refers to the problem statement, research objectives, research procedures and research methodology. The keywords as well as the limitations of the research are investigated. The research was conducted in two phases. In phase one the needs assessment was implemented and in phase two the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the empowerment programme. The problem statement in section A is based on the following: The working life of social workers is limited and creates a shortage of social workers. Several factors contribute to this shortage of social workers, including the lack of resources, and of professional and family support. Undefined roles in social work contributed to lower job satisfaction and engagement. When social workers are under stress and do not have sufficient resources they will contemplate job turnover. Research indicates that positive work engagement can be put back into social work by addressing the factors contributing to job dissatisfaction, negativity, stress and burnout in the profession. Positive work engagement may be a protective factor against burnout. This problem statement resulted in the following research goal of reclaiming positive work engagement for social workers in North-West province through an empowerment programme addressing the issues contributing to low …
author: Calitz, Taetske Monique
language: en
date published: 2013
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:33:42Z
provider: North-West University (South Africa)
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: North-West University

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