{"id":359,"date":"2026-09-18T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/?p=359"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:08:48","slug":"combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the relentlessness of need, especially in the charity sector. Find out how your charity can address compassion fatigue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Protect your team from compassion fatigue with these helpful tips. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[35,33,43],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supporting-your-team","tag-hr-practices","tag-mental-health-in-the-workplace","tag-working-in-the-charity-sector"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nManage Compassion Fatigue at Work | CharityJob<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to identify and manage compassion fatigue at work with CharityJob's helpful tips.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to identify and manage compassion fatigue at work with CharityJob's helpful tips.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CharityJob Recruiter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/timeline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-18T09:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-18T12:08:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"975\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"515\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jean Merrylees\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CharityJob\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CharityJob\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jean Merrylees\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jean Merrylees\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9633e315cdb48210e724608564641d9e\"},\"headline\":\"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-18T09:00:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-18T12:08:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":30,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"HR practices\",\"mental health in the workplace\",\"working in the charity sector\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Supporting your team\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/\",\"name\":\"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work | CharityJob\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-18T09:00:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-18T12:08:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn how to identify and manage compassion fatigue at work with CharityJob's helpful tips.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg\",\"width\":975,\"height\":515,\"caption\":\"Young black woman leaning her face against her clasped hands. CharityJob article about managing compassion fatigue at work.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/\",\"name\":\"CharityJob Recruiter Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CharityJob\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/Layer-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/Layer-1.png\",\"width\":1709,\"height\":342,\"caption\":\"CharityJob\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/charityjobs\\\/timeline\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/CharityJob\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/charityjob-part-of-jobladder\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9633e315cdb48210e724608564641d9e\",\"name\":\"Jean Merrylees\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5a270938343e980a6cb7c878c527cecac9582a29a35f6384cd1b6f5ba31c61d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5a270938343e980a6cb7c878c527cecac9582a29a35f6384cd1b6f5ba31c61d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5a270938343e980a6cb7c878c527cecac9582a29a35f6384cd1b6f5ba31c61d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jean Merrylees\"},\"description\":\"Jean Merrylees is a freelance content writer and editor who has previously written for the BBC. Jean is now taking her first steps into the charity sector after spending some time writing for both Diabetes UK & CharityJob.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.charityjob.co.uk\\\/recruiterinsights\\\/author\\\/jean\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work | CharityJob","description":"Learn how to identify and manage compassion fatigue at work with CharityJob's helpful tips.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work","og_description":"Learn how to identify and manage compassion fatigue at work with CharityJob's helpful tips.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/","og_site_name":"CharityJob Recruiter Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/timeline","article_published_time":"2026-09-18T09:00:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-18T12:08:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":975,"height":515,"url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jean Merrylees","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CharityJob","twitter_site":"@CharityJob","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jean Merrylees","Estimated reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/"},"author":{"name":"Jean Merrylees","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#\/schema\/person\/9633e315cdb48210e724608564641d9e"},"headline":"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work","datePublished":"2026-09-18T09:00:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-18T12:08:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/"},"wordCount":30,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg","keywords":["HR practices","mental health in the workplace","working in the charity sector"],"articleSection":["Supporting your team"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/","name":"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work | CharityJob","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-18T09:00:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-18T12:08:48+00:00","description":"Learn how to identify and manage compassion fatigue at work with CharityJob's helpful tips.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dealing-with-compassion-fatigue-at-work.jpg","width":975,"height":515,"caption":"Young black woman leaning her face against her clasped hands. CharityJob article about managing compassion fatigue at work."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/combat-compassion-fatigue-in-the-workplace\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Manage Compassion Fatigue at Work"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/","name":"CharityJob Recruiter Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#organization","name":"CharityJob","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Layer-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Layer-1.png","width":1709,"height":342,"caption":"CharityJob"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/charityjobs\/timeline","https:\/\/x.com\/CharityJob","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/charityjob-part-of-jobladder"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/#\/schema\/person\/9633e315cdb48210e724608564641d9e","name":"Jean Merrylees","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a270938343e980a6cb7c878c527cecac9582a29a35f6384cd1b6f5ba31c61d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a270938343e980a6cb7c878c527cecac9582a29a35f6384cd1b6f5ba31c61d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a270938343e980a6cb7c878c527cecac9582a29a35f6384cd1b6f5ba31c61d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jean Merrylees"},"description":"Jean Merrylees is a freelance content writer and editor who has previously written for the BBC. Jean is now taking her first steps into the charity sector after spending some time writing for both Diabetes UK & CharityJob.","url":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/author\/jean\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5071,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/5071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charityjob.co.uk\/recruiterinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}