COVID-19大流行对与学习障碍者工作的英国社会工作者的影响:一项混合方法研究
Justin MacLochlainn1, Jill Manthorpe2, Paula McFadden1
1Ulster University, UK.
Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID
|January 21, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,支持学习障碍者的人的社会工作者经历了健康状况的降低,尽管随着时间的推移,这种情况有所改善. 较低的幸福感与离开社会工作专业的意图增加有关.
科学领域:
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 全球范围内,COVID-19疫情对全球医疗保健专业人员产生了重大影响.
- 支持学习障碍者对社会工作者的具体影响仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解这些影响对于学习障碍服务的劳动力稳定性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行对学习障碍服务中的社会工作者福祉的影响.
- 检查社会工作者福利与他们离开职业的意图之间的关系.
- 为开发有效的保留策略提供证据.
主要方法:
- 英国的一项大规模研究调查了310名参与学习障碍服务的社会工作者,涉及六个大流行阶段 (2020-2023) 的社会工作者.
- 使用了统计分析,包括曼-惠特尼U测试和后勤回归.
- 评估了随着时间的推移而发生的幸福感变化和职业 attrition 的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 学习障碍服务的社会工作者报告说,在疫情期间幸福感下降,随着时间的推移逐渐改善.
- 发现较低的福利水平预测了更高的意图离开职业的可能性.
- 这些发现强调了职业福利和员工留守之间的重要联系.
结论:
- 该研究提供了对大流行对脆弱社会工作部门影响的关键见解.
- 基于证据的建议可以为旨在留住学习障碍社会工作中经验丰富的专业人员的政策提供信息.
- 稳定劳动力对于保持护理连续性和有效的劳动力规划至关重要.
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