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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
See arm description. The manualised group workshop day is informed by Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance \& Commitment Therapy principles.
16+ Care Leavers Service, Medway Children's Services
Chatham, United Kingdom
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
Participant Uptake (Feasibility & Acceptability)
Number of young people who come forward for and ultimately take part in the new DISCOVER workshop programme
Time frame: 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
Time frame: 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
Time frame: At the end of the workshop day and during closing follow-up one-to-one meeting with DISCOVER team: 2 months later
Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Angold et al., 1995)
Depression/low mood symptoms (self-report) - Scores range from 0-66 - higher score indicates higher level of depression symptoms
Time frame: 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)
Anxiety symptoms (self-report) - Scores range from 0-82 - higher score indicates higher level of anxiety
Time frame: CHANGE MEASURE: Pre- and post-workshop 1:1 meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
Child & Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (Greco et al., 2011)
Capacity for mindfulness (self-report) - Scores range from 0-40 - higher score indicates higher level of mindfulness (after reverse scoring)
Time frame: 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)
Emotional well-being and resilience (self-report) - Scores range from 14-70 - higher score indicates greater positive mental wellbeing
Time frame: CHANGE MEASURE: Pre-workshop and follow-up one-to-one meetings (Baseline - 2 months after workshop day)
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