Predictors of Annual and Early Separations among Direct Support Professionals: National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey

Autor/inn/en	Houseworth, James; Pettingell, Sandra L.; Kramme, Julie E. D.; Ticha, Renata; Hewitt, Amy S.
Titel	Predictors of Annual and Early Separations among Direct Support Professionals: National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey
Quelle	In: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 58 (2020) 3, S.192-207 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-9491
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; Caregivers; Labor Turnover; Wages; Health Insurance; Fringe Benefits; Work Environment; Group Homes; Institutionalized Persons; Family Environment; Part Time Employment; Predictor Variables; State Policy; Unemployment; Costs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Wage; Löhne; Krankenversicherung; Sozialabgaben; Arbeitsmilieu; Gruppenheim; Familienmilieu; Part-time employment; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Prädiktor; Arbeitslosigkeit; Cost; Kosten
Abstract	Direct support professionals (DSPs) provide a broad range of supports in a variety of settings to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that enables people to live, work, and participate in their communities. Despite the crucial importance in ensuring supports for community participation of people with IDD, high rates of annual turnover among DSPs in organizations that employ them have been documented for decades. This study utilizes National Core Indicators Staff Stability data from 2016 to examine the impact of organizational- and state- level factors related to DSP turnover, including annual DSP turnover and the percentage of DSPs who left their positions after less than 6 months. At the organizational level, a higher turnover rate in the last 12 months was significantly related to lower DSP wages and to not offering health insurance. At the state level, a higher turnover rate in the last 12 months was significantly related to a lower percentage of people living in individualized settings and lower per capita Medicaid spending. For early turnover at the organizational level, a higher percent of leavers within 6 months of tenure was significantly related to not offering paid time off and health insurance, higher vacancy rates, higher proportion of part-time DSPs, and lower overall staff sizes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://www.aaiddjournals.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01