Abstract

Aim: To explore Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of the Role of Social Workers in paediatric Hospitals at Al-Taif city. Methods: A questionnaire-based evaluation of stress and other correlating factors on young women of reproductive age. Results: From total 171 healthcare workers, the demographic data showed that with 35.1% aged from 36 to 45 years, and about 55% were male with a majority (62.6%) were married, about one third of them (34.5%) had a bachelor's degree, and 47.4% had over 10 years of experience, regarding  job titles, the majority (42.1%) were nurses and 53.8% reported having enough to meet basic needs without saving any excess money, the results revealed that healthcare professionals perceive the level of assessment in the social worker's role in paediatric hospitals in Al-Taif City to be at a high level, with a mean score of 3.88, while the responses regarding intervention in the social work, the results revealed that healthcare professionals perceive the level of intervention in the social worker's role in paediatric hospitals in Al-Taif City to be at a high level, with a mean score of 3.92, the overall scale showed significant differences based on gender (t = 2.272, P-value = 0.027), education (F= 3.390, P-value = 0.019), experience (F= 6.370, P-value < 0.001), job title (F= 4.722, P-value < 0.001), and income (F= 7509, P-value < 0.001). Again, there were no significant differences based on age and marital status. Discussion:  The study's results revealed that healthcare professionals regard the social worker's position to be of high level, as evidenced by a mean score of 3.92. The assessment level was found to have a high rating, achieving a score of 3.88. Similarly, the intervention level was also assessed as high, with a mean score of 3.93. There existed the assessment level shown notable variations depending on factors such as education, experience, job title, and income. Nevertheless, no statistically significant disparities were observed with regards to age, gender, and marital status. Regarding intervention, there were notable variations observed in relation to gender, marital status, educational attainment, professional experience, job position, and income. However, no significant disparities were found based on age. The observed variations in the overall scale were found to be statistically significant in relation to factors such as sex, education, experience, job title, and salary. However, no statistically significant changes were observed based on age and marital status. Conclusion: It was concluded that healthcare professionals perceive the role of the social worker to be highly esteemed. The assessment level was determined to exhibit a high ranking. Likewise, the level of intervention was evaluated to be high.