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Social workers on the edge
- Author:
- GOOSEN Lori
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Matters (e-Magazine), January 2013, pp.18-21. Online only
- Publisher:
- The College of Social Work
The author discusses effects of compassion fatigue, or secondary trauma on social workers. The personal, professional, organisational impacts are listed, as are the impacts on service users and the services they receive. One child protection worker's story is used to illustrate how high caseloads and lack of supervision can have an impact on the stress experienced by social workers.