The Emotional Effects of Child Protection Work on the Worker

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ID12881982
AuthorsTony Morrison (corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume4
Issue4
Pages253-271
Publication date1990-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePractice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1742-4909 • E-ISSN: 0950-3153
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09503159008416902
OpenAlexW2088582029
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited4

This paper describes and analyses the emotional impact of child protection work on staff. Two models are used for this, an organisational stress model, and an adaption ofSummit's Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome. Attention is drawn to both the primary effect of clients on workers and the secondary effect of the organisational response to worker distress. Factors conducive to ameliorating the alienating work environment are considered, looking at differential responsibilities within the organisation. This paper is relevant to staff at all levels of the organisation, and it is suggested that group discussion would be a particularly appropriate way of responding to the material. This paper was first presented as a key-note address at the BASPCAN Spring Conference in April 1990

Accommodation · Anxiety · Child protection · Child sexual abuse · Developmental psychology · Distress · Emotional distress · Emotional stress · Poison control · Political science · Public relations · Sexual abuse · Work (physics · Applied Psychology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

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