- A recent investigation of 751 social workers found that 39% of the social workers reported experiencing current symptoms of burnout at the time of the interview and 75% reported experiencing burnout at some point in their career.
- The National Institute of Health reported employee burnout has been correlated with reduced commitment to the organization, negative attitudes, increased absenteeism and turnover, increased job dissatisfaction and damage to employee morale.
THE COST
- For workers earning less than $50,000 annually 22 case studies show a typical cost of turnover of 20 percent of salary
- In real life terms = If your agency loses 5 social workers per year due to burnout = $50,000 + headaches of hiring, expanding caseloads and turnover
National Institute of Health
NIH reports making changes at the organizational level, increasing social support for employees and enhancing the communication and social skills of supervisors can impact burnout in a positive way.
Solution
Full Potential helps human service professionals and agencies maintain optimum individual and agency health through innovative coaching and training. This coaching and training utilizes the best from psychology and business to create real and comprehensive solutions to employee satisfaction.
We accomplish this through our Fantastic Four programs:
- CEU Seminars: Burnout Prevention Basics, Intro to Motivational Interviewing, Time Management 101, Managing Conflict in the Workplace, How to Motivate Employees, Emotional Intelligence in Management, Building Blocks to a High Functioning Management Team & Supervision Skills -Advanced
- Reflective Supervision Groups: These groups are designed and implemented within an agency to help social workers develop the tools and strategies to prevent burnout through a reflective group process. Ted will work with your agency on developing and implementing a reflective supervision group for your human service and management teams.
- Agency Consultation: Ted will meet with agency director/management team to develop a game plan to increase worker satisfaction, reduce turnover and increase financial stability. Ted uses best practiced business models and practices and his extensive experience in psychology to support an agency in developing real long term solutions to their challenges.
- Coaching for Human Service Professionals: Coaching programs specifically designed for human service professionals to promote professional and personal success.
If you are interested in talking more about this problem, contact Full Potential at (608) 345-8262 or email me at tedizydor@gmail.com.
Enjoy the video on supervisor tools for growth!