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Choi, Kim, Lee, and Park: Level of Job Stress among Social Workers at Social Welfare Agencies in Seoul
Original Article

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007; 19(4): 259-267.

Published online: 29 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2007.19.4.259

Level of Job Stress among Social Workers at Social Welfare Agencies in Seoul

Soo Chan Choi, Sang A Kim, Jeong Eun Lee, Woong Sub Park

School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Korea.

Department Silver Welfare, Dong Seoul College, Korea.

Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kwandong University, Korea.

Interdisciplinary Program in Social Welfare Policy, Graduate School of Yonsei University, Korea.

wspark@kd.ac.kr

Copyright © 2007 The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

To investigate the level and variation of job stress according to social welfare organizations and work conditions among social workers in Seoul.

METHODS

For this survey, a self-reported questionnaire was administrated to 1,000 social workers working in organizations for social welfare practice in Seoul. A total of 432 completed questionnaires were received (43.2% response rate).

RESULTS

Social workers working in welfare organizations for the aged had higher job stress in the areas of job demand, insufficient job control and lack of reward than those in other welfare organizations. In addition, higher job stress was found in those in charge of both service and administrational work, without regular time for rest, working over 10 hours, in the frontline and senior grade.

CONCLUSIONS

This study confirms the importance of guaranteeing regular time for breaks in the work schedule and of considering the service and administrational work ratio in job arrangement in order to alleviate stress of social workers.

Keywords: Stress, Social workers, KOSS

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