Relationship Between Positive Mental Quality of Life and Educational Level of Social Work Practitioners Working in Homes for Vulnerable People Living with HIV/AIDS and Poor Social Disadvantaged Groups in Mueang Nong Khai District
Keywords:
Compassion Satisfaction, Self-Empowerment, Social Work PractitionersAbstract
The purpose of this qualitative research was to analyze the holistic relationship between positive mental quality of life, namely self-empowerment and compassion satisfaction, and factors related to the educational level of social work practitioners in Mueang Nong Khai district by answering questions about basic demographic information and using two sets of instruments, namely The professional quality of life scale (ProQOL) and The social work empowerment scale (SWES) which are tools for collecting data. Volunteers were social work practitioners from 2 private welfare homes in Mueang Nong Khai District, including Baan Suan Mittraphap and Sarnelli House, with the total number of volunteers participating in this study in both locations being 20 people.
The results were divided into three groups using the self-empowerment score as the main criterion, compared with the compassion satisfaction score, and related educational levels were analyzed. It was found that group "1" had an average score of positive mental state that was higher than the other groups. Group "2" had average scores in the middle in positive aspects, while group "3" was opposite to group "1." In addition, the educational factor found that higher education and more professional levels benefit from promoting self-empowerment, reflected in the volunteer's compassion satisfaction level. Further findings revealed that the organization's social support in the form of capacity development training for staff played a significant role in supporting a positive mental quality of life.
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