Stronger together: Workplace social support among residential child welfare professionals.

Background: Residential childcare workers (RCWs) in child welfare and youth-justice settings are at risk of secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and moral distress. Workplace support has been shown to be protective against work-related harms for some helping professionals and a lack of workplace support has been cited as a contributing factor toward workforce instability; however, little is known about what types or sources of support are effective for RCWs.

Participants And Setting: 81 RCWs from 11 residential units in 11 of the 16 territorial service centers across the province of Québec, Canada.