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Psychologically Important Qualities of Child Welfare Specialists Discussed at the “Science in Publications” Discussion Platform

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On February 11, a webinar titled “Psychologically Important Qualities of Child Welfare Specialists” was held as part of the discussion platform “Science in Publications: From Idea to Practice”.

Veronika N. Oslon Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), presented the results of a study involving 2036 Child Welfare Specialists and managers. She also introduced a six-factor model of psychologically important professional qualities.

The structure of these qualities includes:

  1. client-centered values and professionalism;
  2. communication and analytical skills;
  3. client interaction skills;
  4. quality of oral speech;
  5. psychological resilience;
  6. professional integrity.

Among the predictors (key characteristics supporting and developing core professional competencies), the following were identified:

  1. emotional intelligence;
  2. subjective well-being;
  3. procedural self-efficacy;
  4. ability to cope with uncertainty;
  5. intrinsic professional motivation.

All qualities and their predictors were discussed in detail during the webinar.

Webinar recording

pdf Speaker’s presentation

 

The 2026 calendar of webinars and meetings for the “Science in Publications” project is available here.

Discussion Materials:

  1. Oslon, V.N., Odintsova, M.A., Semya, G.V., Kolesnikova, U.V. (2025). The structure of professionally important qualities of Child Welfare Specialists and analysis of influencing factors. Psychological Science and Education, 30(6), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2025300602
  2. Oslon, V.N., Odintsova, M.A., Semya, G.V., Kolesnikova, U.V., Akkuratova, A.P. Russian version of the social worker self-efficacy scale for Child Welfare Specialists: psychometric validation and prospects for use. Organizational Psychology. [In press].