INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD

Abstract: The Anganwadi worker (AWW) being a community based front line worker play an extremely important role in providing services at Anganwadi Centers. They are part-time honorary women workers chosen by the people of the same locality having educational qualification of middle school or Matric or higher. AWW is assisted by a local woman called as helper who is paid honorarium. The AWW has to perform a wide range of job responsibility involving different groups of beneficiaries in an efficient manner. She also coordinates in arranging immunization camps, health check up camps. Her functions also include community survey and enlisting beneficiaries, primary health care and first aid, referral services to severely malnourished, sick and at risk children, enlisting community support for Anganwadi functions, organizing women’s groups and Mahila Mandals, school enrolment of children and maintenance of records and registers. She is also an agent of social change, mobilizing community support for better care of young children. The objective of the study is to assess the level of job satisfaction of anganwadi workers of selected Anganwadi Centerss of Chandigarh. A total 20 respondents were selected using stratified random technique.