Supporting the Mental Health Workforce

NCT03709537 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HSC-SPH-18-0357
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 366
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Emotional Health Association will engage Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health providers that employ peer workers in a training and technical assistance intervention designed to support, increase, and retain an effective peer workforce. This intervention consists of a Co-Learning Collaborative, several training sessions, and the creation of Implementation Teams. Peer workers will also be encouraged to attend Recovery International, an established network of self-help support groups for mental health. Dr. Louis Brown will lead an evaluation of the efficacy of the intervention. This study will inform the use of peer workers as a component of the mental health workforce.

Conditions

Mental Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Peer-supportive organizational climate

  Peer-supportive organizational climate will be assessed by a set of 6 likert-scale questions that asks about the participant about his/her organization's administrative leadership and the support they provide. 1= Strongly Disagree (with positive statement about organization) 7= Strongly Disagree (with positive statement about organization)

  10 months

• Mental Health Stigma

  This outcome will be assessed by asking the peer supervisor a set of 15 likert-scale questions about their feelings towards individuals with mental health issues. 1= Strongly Disagree 5= Strongly Agree

  10 months

• Peer Worker Recovery

  This outcome will be assessed by a set of 24 likert scale questions that ask the participants how they feel about themselves and their lives. 1= Strongly Disagree (with positive statement about self) 5= Strongly Agree (with positive statement about self)

  10 months

Secondary Outcomes (14)

• Recovery orientation of services

  10 Months

• Supervisor's peer support attitudes

  10 Months

• Supervisor's job satisfaction

  10 Months

• Supervision quality (as rated by peer workers)

  10 Months

• Peer worker time spent on peer support activities

  10 Months

Study Arms (2)

Mental Health Peer Workforce Support

EXPERIMENTAL

Sites assigned to this group will engage in Co-Learning Collaborative, several trainings, and the creation of Implementation Teams--all part of the intervention and designed to support their peer workforce.

Behavioral: Mental Health Peer Workforce Support

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Sites assigned to this group will continue practice as usual and not receive any additional peer worker training or technical assistance.

Interventions

Mental Health Peer Workforce Support BEHAVIORAL

Supervisors and peer workers will participate in trainings covering effective peer services, trauma-informed effective peer supervision, and responsibilities of peer workers in a supervising relationship. A monthly Supervisors of Peer Workers meeting will support site change efforts. Sites will create an implementation team to work within their site to implement the training received. Peer Workers will enroll in a peer mentoring program, where they serve as peer mentors matched with fellow peer mentors. Recovery International and the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health will encourage peer workers to attend Recovery International meetings. Emotional Health Association will refer Peer Workers and their Supervisors in the intervention group to self-help support groups that reduce stress and increase resiliency.

Mental Health Peer Workforce Support

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All service providing sites within the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health will be invited to participate in the study. Sites not affiliated with the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health will be allowed to enroll in the study if they express interest but will not be actively recruited.
• Participants must be a peer worker or supervisor of peer workers at a site participating in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Peers who do not receive pay and volunteer for less that 15 hours per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: lead
• Emotional Health Association: collaborator
• California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

SHARE! Self-Help and Recovery Exchance

Culver City, California, 90230, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Louis D Brown, PhD

  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Data collection and analysis will occur without knowledge of participant intervention condition.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: The study will draw participants from mental health sites where one or more peer supervisors and peer workers are located. These sites will be randomized to either the treatment or standard practice control group. The treatment group will receive the intervention, which consists of a Co-Learning Collaborative, several trainings, and the creation of Implementation Teams. The sites assigned as part of control group will not receive any training or additional technical assistance that is part of the intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2018
• First Posted: October 17, 2018
• Study Start: October 23, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 7, 2020
• Study Completion: January 7, 2020
• Last Updated: April 10, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)