Quality of Life and Compassion Satisfaction/Fatigue and Burnout in Child Welfare Workers: A Study of Child Welfare Workers in Community Based Care Organizations in Central Florida

February 8, 2008 This report briefly reviews prior studies in this area and presents the findings of a study conducted among 182 child welfare workers in Central Florida that identified levels of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue/vicarious trauma, and burnout among workers, and workers' suggestions regarding ways to reduce stress. The study also explored how demographic variables of age, gender, education, length in the field and in the agency, and the nature of the position were associated with different levels on these dimensions . . .