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NCT Number: NCT05220436

DISCOVER Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Issue Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Emotional Regulation Emotional Stress Self-Control Social Behavior Stress, Psychological

Age range

16 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

16+ Care Leavers Service, Medway Children's Services, Chatham, United Kingdom

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

DISCOVER workshop programme

Other

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

Other names: DISCOVER "Getting the Life You Want"

Primary outcomes

  1. Participant Uptake (Feasibility & Acceptability)

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

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

  2. Participant Retention (Feasibility & Acceptability)

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

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

  3. Participant Feedback About Experience of the Programme (Acceptability)

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

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

Secondary outcomes

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

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

    Depression/low mood symptoms (self-report) - Scores range from 0-66 - higher score indicates higher level of depression symptoms

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

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

    Anxiety symptoms (self-report) - Scores range from 0-82 - higher score indicates higher level of anxiety

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

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

    Capacity for mindfulness (self-report) - Scores range from 0-40 - higher score indicates higher level of mindfulness (after reverse scoring)

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

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

    Emotional well-being and resilience (self-report) - Scores range from 14-70 - higher score indicates greater positive mental wellbeing

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Other

Collaborators

  • Medway Children's Services

Registry information

Official study title

DISCOVER "Getting the Life You Want" Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People Aged 16-19: A Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Feb 2, 2022
Registry last updated
Sep 19, 2024

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