SELF-CARE AS A PREDICTOR OF JOB SATISFACTION AND NEGATIVE CONSEQENCES IN HELPING PROFESSIONS

Self-help in helping professions is a prerequisite for maintaining an effective ability to help. Understanding self-care emphasizes its complexity (mental physical, health, spiritual care, etc.). The aim of this study was to know whether care helps to avoid the negative consequences of helping. We assumed that self-care significantly predicts survival of the positive and negative consequences of working in a helping profession (work satisfaction, satisfaction with help, perceived stress, burnout, fatigue). Methods: The Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Self-Test Questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Maslach Explosion Questionnaire and the Professional Quality of Life Scale were used in a group of assisting professionals (N = 745), with carers, educators, social workers, psychologists and therapists Working in the sphere of social services. Results: A model predicting job satisfaction was confirmed (p < 0.001), with significant predictors being self-care and satisfaction with helping. Years of practice, age, perceived stress, secondary traumatic stress and burnout have not been confirmed as significant predictors of job satisfaction. The results will be used to create intervention programs to overcome the negative consequences of helping professions.