Clinical trial NCT05220436: DISCOVER Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People
Official title: DISCOVER "Getting the Life You Want" Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People Aged 16-19: A Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
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
Lead sponsor: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Medway Children's Services
First posted: 2022-02-02
Enrollment: 10
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Case series
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

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.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

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.

Exclusion Criteria:

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).
* Under the influence of alcohol or any other substances during DISCOVER programme meetings - this is essential as a safety consideration for all participants and staff. Struggles with alcohol/substance use in themselves are not necessarily grounds for exclusion; the investigators will discuss with the allocated member of the young person's Care Leavers 16+ team on a case-by-case basis where relevant.
* 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Participant Uptake (Feasibility & Acceptability)
timeFrame: From outset of recruitment, through to final study completion: 7 months
measure: Participant Retention (Feasibility & Acceptability)
timeFrame: From outset of recruitment, through to final study completion: 7 months
measure: Participant Feedback About Experience of the Programme (Acceptability)
timeFrame: At the end of the workshop day and during closing follow-up one-to-one meeting with DISCOVER team: 2 months later
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Angold et al., 1995)
timeFrame: CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
measure: The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (Birmaher et al, 1999)
timeFrame: CHANGE MEASURE: Pre- and post-workshop 1:1 meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
measure: Child & Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (Greco et al., 2011)
timeFrame: CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
measure: Warwick & Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (Tennant et al., 2007)
timeFrame: CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chatham
country: United Kingdom
facility: 16+ Care Leavers Service, Medway Children's Services
city: London
country: United Kingdom
facility: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Study officials:
affiliation: NHS DISCOVER Team, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
name: Irene Sclare, DClinPsy
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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