Authors: Tonya Cook, MSW, PhD Candidate, Anna Carpenter, MSW/MPH Candidate, & Patricia Shannon, PhD
Date Published: July 2012
This module introduces secondary traumatic stress (STS) and its impact on the child welfare system and workforce. Specifically, this module seeks to explain:
- the prevalence of STS among child welfare workers,
- the impact of STS on child welfare services provided to families and children,
- Individual and organizational risk factors that lead to STS, and
- strategies for reducing STS in the child welfare system and its workforce.