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Professional development opportunities as retention incentives in child welfare
Authors:Sherrill J Clark  Richard J Smith  Kazumi Uota
Institution:1. California Social Work Education Center, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 2850 Telegraph, Suite 215, Berkeley, CA 94705, United States;2. School of Social Work, Wayne State University, 4756 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, United States;3. University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7400, United States
Abstract:This study examined the career paths of 415 Title IV-E MSW graduates in one state retrospectively over 180 months post-graduation to discover factors that could be important in affecting retention in public child welfare agencies. The Title IV-E educational program is designed to be a retention strategy at the same time as it is a professionalization strategy. We surmised that perceived organizational support (POS) contributes to retention by acknowledging the workers' needs for career development support. The median survival time for these child welfare social workers was 43 months for the first job and 168 months for the entire child welfare career. The initial analysis showed steep drops in retention occurred at 24–36 months post-graduation, approximately at the end of the Title IV-E work obligation. Upon further examination, Kaplan–Meier tests showed organizational factors relevant to workers' professional career development predicted retention. Having access to continuing education and agency-supported case-focused supervision for licensure were correlated with retention at the 24–36 month post-graduation mark. At 72 months post-graduation, promotion to supervisor was a significant factor found to encourage retention. Being a field instructor for MSW students and being promoted to a managerial position were not significantly related to retention.
Keywords:Child welfare  Social work  Retention  Survival analysis
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