Facilitating training transfer of evidence-based recovery practices through values-focused interventions in a multi-site program for mental health workers.

There are multiple groups comprising the intervention group, randomised within each of the partner organisations to condition by worksite. Every group randomised to the intervention group receives all of the components outlined below. Following randomisation to condition (discussed in more detail in following sections) intervention start-dates are established for each site based on resource availability and organisational readiness. All sites are to commence Day 1 of intervention within 12 months from end 2010. Days 1 and 2 1.Standard intervention - Collaborative Recovery Model Training Program (CRM) (Oades et al. 2006): 2 day training program that equips mental health workers with theoretical and practical skills in recovery-oriented care Day 3 of intervention: 2. Values clarification - Survey of Life Principles (Ciarrochi & Bailey, 2010) + Principles Success Rating Sheet (adapted from Sheldon and colleagues, 1998; 1999). Participants are facilitated through a structured values clarification process using 60 cards and a structured card-sorting process. The first "sort" aides identification of top 15 values / principles of living in life generally. The participants are then facilitated through the card sort process again to identify their top 15 work values. Days 1 - 3 are group-based face-to-face workshops. 3. Values-focused coaching via CRM protocol: 12 x 1 hr monthly coaching sessions between staff participant and assigned in-service coach. These one-on-one sessions are facilitated by in-house coaches once per month for a period of 12 months following initial training (Days 1-3). The purpose of these coaching sessions is to continue practice /training in CRM protocol and to encourage purposeful striving toward values identified by participant in Day 3 and thereafter.