Job Satisfaction and Mental Health Status of Social Workers in Kashmir: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

The job satisfaction among the social workers has not been explored, especially among the social workers who were working in the private and government sector in Kashmir. The present investigation is to find out the difference in the mental health and Job satisfaction of social workers in Kashmir division and it also examines the level of satisfaction and also their causes of dissatisfaction. The sample consisted of 200 social workers out of which 100 were males and 100 were females. For this purpose of investigation, a mental health checklist prepared by Dr. Mithila & Job Satisfaction test prepared by Dr Ojha was used. For the statistical Analysis SPSS 20 Version was used. The data obtained were analyzed through ‘t’ test to know the mean difference between the two groups and then ANOVA was used for the further analysis.