Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Social Work
Advisor
Sean Hogan
Abstract
Licensed social workers offer services including mental health, case management, hospice and palliative care, and community-based support services. However, research is limited regarding dynamics that promote social worker retention and continuous social service provision. Using self-efficacy theory, this study intended to examine relationships between supervision satisfaction, supervisor characteristics, employee self-efficacy, and retention among licensed social workers. This study was based on secondary data analysis and involved using a cross-sectional correlational survey design. Secondary data were retrieved from the National Association of Social Work Center for Workforce Studies. Licensed social workers were asked questions involving their satisfaction with supervision received, profession of supervisor, plans to remain within the profession, and their career as a licensed social worker. Availability of supervision and satisfaction with support and guidance received from supervisors had a significant relationship with level of self-efficacy. Other findings indicated no association between supervisor discipline and self-efficacy; therefore, it can be assumed that licensed social worker self-efficacy is related to availability of supervision and satisfaction with support and guidance received from supervisors, but not necessarily the profession of supervisors. Results of this study will contribute to knowledge regarding retention of licensed social workers and dynamics related to supervision within the social work profession.
Recommended Citation
Moore, Leesha Sh'Rae, "Professional Social Work Supervision: The Relationship with Social Worker Retention and Self-Efficacy" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 12790.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/12790
