Assessment of Counselling Strategies for Effective Management of Retirement Transition of Public Service Workers

Abstract

The focus of this paper is on the assessment of strategies for effective management of retirement transition of public service workers. Retirement is a major life change which causes shifts in roles, changes in social interaction, possibly a strain on financial resources and individual adjustment patterns. Retirement counselling is the provision of comprehensive guidance information relating to social, emotional, finance, health and other aspects of retirement processes. Retirement is a period when an individual has finally exited from formal employment as a result of organization statutory law, and other psychological factors. This study adopts a qualitative approach in examining various issues relating to strategies required for effective management of retirement transition. The study specifically delved into conceptual issues, vocational theories relevant to effective management of retirement transition, needs for retirement counselling for public servants and essential stages of retirement counselling, and drawn relevant conclusion. This paper provided the following recommendations on how to enhance smooth transition of public servants into retirement: training of retirees on psychology of ageing, building skills on use of assessment tools for counsellors, providing psycho education supports for clients, building skills of counsellors on how to provide therapy for elderly workers through training, and conferences, in collaboration with employers. Finally, the paper advocates that the current meaning of retirement is retirement into new activities and retirement into new life