Social Work’s Emotional Toll Undermines Practice
Unregulated emotional labour among social workers in Jordan cripples their effectiveness, highlighting a universal crisis in care professions.
Social work demands profound emotional engagement, yet institutions fail to equip practitioners with adequate regulation strategies. This neglect isn’t unique to Jordan; it’s a global dereliction of duty, turning empathic service into a burnout factory. Until we prioritise emotional competency, every care profession remains a revolving door of broken healers. What fundamental shifts will it take to value emotional resilience as much as technical skill?
Emotional labour is inherent to social work. Resilience is a personal, not institutional, responsibility. Professionals must develop their own coping mechanisms; not every challenge requires a systemic solution.
- ·Emotional labour neglected
- ·Burnout widespread
- ·Systemic failure
- ·Training deficit