DISCOVER Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People

NCT05220436 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 303093
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The NHS DISCOVER team has secured 2-year funding from the Maudsley Charity to tailor the workshop programme the investigators deliver in school Sixth Forms to meet the specific needs of Care Experienced young people. The investigators are planning to complete a pilot of this adapted workshop programme within Medway Children's Social Services to explore its feasibility, accessibility, acceptability and early-stage efficacy within this population of adolescents. Investigators from the DISCOVER team will recruit young people aged 16-19yrs who are currently known to the Medway Care Leavers 16+ teams. The study will be conducted at Medway Local Authority sites, with the option of some stages being completed remotely via Microsoft Teams if needed in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue; Emotional Stress; Emotional Regulation

Keywords

CARE LEAVERS; LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION; WORKSHOP PROGRAMME; ADAPTATION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Participant Uptake (Feasibility & Acceptability)

  Number of young people who come forward for and ultimately take part in the new DISCOVER workshop programme

  From outset of recruitment, through to final study completion: 7 months

• Participant Retention (Feasibility & Acceptability)

  Number of young people who remain in the study throughout all stages of the programme

  From outset of recruitment, through to final study completion: 7 months

• Participant Feedback About Experience of the Programme (Acceptability)

  Anonymous workshop feedback survey Semi-structured interview to gather participants' qualitative feedback about the programme

  At the end of the workshop day and during closing follow-up one-to-one meeting with DISCOVER team: 2 months later

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Angold et al., 1995)

  CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)

• The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (Birmaher et al, 1999)

  CHANGE MEASURE: Pre- and post-workshop 1:1 meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)

• Child & Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (Greco et al., 2011)

  CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)

• Warwick & Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (Tennant et al., 2007)

  CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)

Study Arms (1)

DISCOVER workshop programme

EXPERIMENTAL

As this is a case series study, all participants will receive the intervention (i.e. no other arms to the study design). The DISCOVER workshop programme includes: 1:1 mental health and emotional well-being assessment session with a Clinical Psychologist, a group workshop day, follow-up supportive phone calls and a closing follow-up 1:1 mental health and emotional well-being session with a Clinical Psychologist.

Other: DISCOVER workshop programme

Interventions

DISCOVER workshop programme OTHER

See arm description. The manualised group workshop day is informed by Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance \& Commitment Therapy principles.

Also known as: DISCOVER "Getting the Life You Want"

DISCOVER workshop programme

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Participants who are eligible to take part in this DISCOVER research project will be:
• Young people aged 16-19 years who have experience of being in Care and are currently under one of the Medway Children's Social Care, Care Leavers 16+ teams. This means that they are either currently a Looked After young person or a Care Leaver (i.e. they are no longer Looked After but they remain under the care of a Medway Care Leavers team).
• Able to work within a group setting over the course of a day workshop.
• Able to communicate and read in English.

You may not qualify if:

• The investigators will not be able to recruit young people to the project if they are:
• Acutely psychotic or actively suicidal.
• Currently taking part in other research project(s).
• Unable to communicate and read in English - as the investigators are at an early stage in developing this DISCOVER workshop programme for Care Experienced young people, these young people must be excluded at this time. However, the investigators are eager to review this criterion in future to enhance the accessibility of the intervention, once the initial feasibility and acceptability of the workshop programme has been established.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: lead
• Medway Children's Services: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

16+ Care Leavers Service, Medway Children's Services

Chatham, ME4 4TR, United Kingdom

Location

South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

London, BR3 3BX, United Kingdom

Location

Related Links

• Our funder - Maudsley Charity - summarise the planned project on their website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological; Emotional Regulation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Self-Control; Social Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr Emilie Bourke
• Organization: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

emilie.bourke@slam.nhs.uk

07702686322

Study Officials

• Irene Sclare, DClinPsy

  NHS DISCOVER Team, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Case series

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 13, 2021
• First Posted: February 2, 2022
• Study Start: July 7, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2023
• Study Completion: March 1, 2023
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024
• Results First Posted: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (2)