CYP Now - Organisational Factors, Job Satisfaction and Intention to Leave Among Newly Qualified Social Workers in England

This article reports on a longitudinal study of 280 social work students, focusing on their experiences as newly qualified social workers (NQSWs). It reports on the relative importance of their satisfaction with different work elements (e.g. supervision and job engagement) and uses the findings to construct a model of NQSWs' overall satisfaction and their intention to remain in or leave their job.

Background

The need to improve social work, in particular the performance of NQSWs, was identified by the Social Work Task Force (2009) and the Social Work Reform Board (2010). Most of the identified issues were attributed to variations in the quality of social work education.

However, according to research by Moriarty et al. in 2010, experiences in the workplace can also enable or hamper the quality of NQSWs' practice. Providing additional support to NQSWs during their first year in practice can increase their confidence and satisfaction with their job. As a consequence, they are more likely to stay in their jobs than those who do not receive additional support.

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