Virtual wobble spaces: A pilot study of the outcomes of online therapeutic spaces on practitioner well-being and social work practice.
Stress, emotional exhaustion and job dissatisfaction have been prevailing issues in social work for decades, with recent research by BASW demonstrating poor psychological outcomes for social workers, amidst inadequate levels of staff retention and high burn out rates. The Covid-19 pandemic added to...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Social Work Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 3483 - 3505 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2023
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