Child welfare work is inherently difficult, and child welfare agencies are known to experience high rates of turnover. We sought to expand the existing literature on intention to leave one’s child welfare agency and commitment to child welfare work through examining the coping mechanisms of frontline workers. Having and utilizing healthy coping mechanisms has proved beneficial to child welfare workers in previous research. In this paper, we examine specific coping mechanisms identified in the Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment and how they were associated with child welfare workers’ intent to leave their agency and their commitment to remain in the field of child welfare during the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. We surveyed over 250 child welfare caseworkers using the COHA instrument. Using both bivariate analysis and linear regression, we identify specific coping mechanisms, such as staying present with friends and family, as highly influential and discuss ways to strengthen these areas.

儿童福利工作本质上是困难的，众所周知，儿童福利机构的人员流动率很高。我们试图通过研究一线工作人员的应对机制来扩展关于离开儿童福利机构的意愿和对儿童福利工作的承诺的现有文献。先前的研究证明，拥有和利用健康的应对机制对儿童福利工作者是有益的。在本文中，我们研究了综合组织健康评估中确定的具体应对机制，以及它们如何与儿童福利工作者离开其机构的意图以及他们在 SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) 期间留在儿童福利领域的承诺相关联。 -19）大流行。我们使用 COHA 工具对 250 多名儿童福利社工进行了调查。使用双变量分析和线性回归，我们确定了具有高度影响力的特定应对机制，例如与朋友和家人在一起，并讨论了加强这些领域的方法。