RT Journal Article
T1 Organisational culture as a professional care strategy. Public social work in Andalusia (Spain)
A1 González Portillo, Auxiliadora
A1 Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
A1 Salinas-Pérez, Jose Alberto
K1 Social Work
K1 Professional Burnout
K1 Professional Care
K1 Organisational Culture
AB Social work is a highly pressurised profession with high rates of stress and professional burnout. The strategy for dealing with this situation has usually focused on self-care. Issues related to organisational culture have been studied as exacerbators of professional stress but rarely addressed as palliative factors. The purpose of this article is to analyse how the organisational models in which Social Workers carry out their work can contribute to professional care. The research described here takes a qualitative approach, focusing on an exploratory case study in Andalusia (Spain). Through field work conducted in fourteen public social services centres, carrying out in-depth interviews with ninety-five social work professionals, we have identified organisational aspects that contribute to professional care: leadership, collective spaces for construction, and professional autonomy. The results of this research highlight the importance of an organisational approach to care that does not contradict the classic approach to self-care. The combination of both perspectives could facilitate the task of social workers, which would improve service provision and delivery.
PB Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2025
FD 2025-01-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24114
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24114
LA en
NO González-Portillo, A., Ruiz-Ballesteros, E., & Salinas-Pérez, J. A. (2025). Organisational culture as a professional care strategy. Public social work in Andalusia (Spain). Journal of Social Work Practice, 39(2), 191–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2025.2449636
NO Dpto. Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales.-Universidad Pablo de Olavide
NO Dpto. Antropología Social, Psicología Básica y Salud Pública.- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
NO Dpto. Métodos cuantitativos.- Universidad Loyola Andalucía
DS RIO
RD May 24, 2026