Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-23-2022
School
Social Work
Abstract
Background: Existing research supports the effectiveness of person-centred practices in working with persons with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities, but less clear is the influence of workplace factors on the implementation and quality of person-centred practices.
Aims: This article explores the influence of workplace factors on job satisfaction and on the implementation and quality of person-centred practices in healthcare agencies that provide home- and community-based services through a Medicaid waiver in Mississippi, a state in the southeastern United States.
Methods: Purposive sampling was used to collect data via online surveys to explore the interrelationships among person-centred workplaces, job satisfaction and person-centred practices.
Results: Path analysis reveals that a person-centred workplace influences both skill implementation and person-centred processes. Job satisfaction was significantly correlated to skill implementation and person-centred processes in bivariate analysis but was not detected in the path model.
Conclusion: This study suggests that organisations may improve the provision of person-centred practices by investing in policies that create a person-centred workplace.
Publication Title
International Practice Development Journal
Volume
12
Issue
2
Recommended Citation
Blackmon, B. J.,
Lee, J.,
Bain, R.,
Brazeal, B.,
Williams, C.,
Green, Y.
(2022). Person-Centredness In the Workplace: An Examination of Person-Centred Skills, Processes and Workplace Factors Among Medicaid Waiver Providers In the United States. International Practice Development Journal, 12(2).
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/21018