Staff Who Work Directly With Youth Need to Feel Appreciated to Avoid Burnout [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 5/31/1612:00 PM

Working with today’s generation of youth involved in the criminal justice system does not provide instant gratification for direct service workers. Today’s generation do not get up to volunteer a seat for the elderly. Today’s generation will curse out their parents, teachers and strangers just because they feel like doing so.

We can blame it on social media, lack of parenting and lack of community involvement in the village model. After all the blaming is done, however, how do we empower a community of professionals who give 100 percent of themselves to a population who are not always receptive? How do we empower professionals whose salary is often far below that of their peers due to being in the social service field?

[For more of this story, written by Jennifer Gauthier, go to http://jjie.org/staff-who-work...void-burnout/248694/]

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