Abstract
Working in child welfare is extremely demanding and difficult; child welfare workers face chronic stress. Job burnout and a high turnover rate are common in the child welfare field as a result of this stress. This study used an exploratory descriptive survey research design. Physical exercise was explored as a way to decrease burnout of child welfare workers. The size of the population in this study was small (N=29) and the population was homogeneous. The findings from this study did not find significance between
exercise and burnout of child welfare workers because of the small sample size. However, 72% of this population exercised which may also have influenced the findings. The need for future research with a larger, more diverse sample size is discussed. Implications for social work practice and policy are also discussed.