MEASURES TO ENSURE THE PROFESSIONAL WELL-BEING OF SOCIAL WORKERS: MANAGERS' VIEWS

Abstract

Leaders are aware that employees' work-related well-being has a direct impact on their productivity, job satisfaction, sickness absence and turnover rates. It is in an organisation's interest to invest in employee well-being as it also determines the intellectual capital of the organisation. Naturally, there is increasing demand for research on the factors that promote employee well-being in organisations. Understanding these factors allows leaders to develop solutions that enhance organisational competitiveness and contribute to the development of healthy organisational strategies. Empirically based welfare recommendations for social workers would contribute to the retention of social workers in the labour market. Many risk factors can be reduced or buffered, but this requires a renewed managerial knowledge and effective tools. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the occupational well-being of social workers and the measures to ensure it from a managerial perspective.