Mental health and wellbeing of children with social care input (i.e. Child in Need (CiN) or Child Protection Plan (CPP) status) Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention group receives unconditional financial assistance in the form of cash. Each family receives payments for over 45 weeks. There are fixed dates for starting the intervention and receiv
BAU) receives all forms of service as they would were they not part of the trial. This includes financial or material support provided by local authorities via social workers' provision through s.17 o
Sponsors
University College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to 16 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Child aged 10-16 years 2. Child under Child in Need or Child Protection Plan 3. Family eligible for financial support under S17 at a minimum for three weeks from the time of identification, by which time the intervention would have begun for those assigned to this condition
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The sole reason for the CiN status is the child having a disability 2. The practitioner identifying the family knows of a risk of financial exploitation for the family or members thereof 3. The practitioner identifying the family knows of a risk of harm that could arise from taking part in the study (i.e., serious, harmful, and persistent parent/child substance use that would be escalated through increased financial resources; a family member is subject to Prevent input; a family member is at imminent risk of serious physical harm requiring sustained hospitalisation from another family member) – this would be agreed on a case-by-case basis by the SPOC/ practitioner with the payment agent 4. There is an imminent escalation of social care/ state input, meaning that the child is likely to be taken into care (e.g., the family is subject to Public Law Outline proceedings) or into the children and young people’s secure estate 5. The family or members thereof are under criminal investigation for fraud or financial offences
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Child-reported externalising difficulties measured using the conduct + inattention difficulties subscales of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), measured at baseline and 35 weeks post-randomisation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Child-reported outcomes measured at baseline and 35 weeks post-randomisation: 1. Internalising difficulties measured using the emotional + peer difficulties subscales of the SDQ 2. Total difficulties measured using the total score of the SDQ 3. Prosocial behaviour measured using the prosocial behaviour subscale of the SDQ 4. Impact of difficulties measured using the impact supplement of the SDQ 5. Family functioning measured using the total score of the Systemic Clinical and Routine Outcome Evaluation (SCORE-15) 6. Substance misuse 7. Time spent engaging in activities with parent/carer using a subscale of the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs - Monitoring 90 Days (GAIN-M90) Parent/carer-reported outcomes measured at baseline and 35 weeks post-randomisation: 1. Parent/carer anxiety measured using the total score of the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) 2. Parent/carer depression measured by the total score of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 3. Parent/carer wellbeing measured by the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale 4. Family functioning measured by the total score of the SCORE-15 Parent/carer-reported outcomes measured at 18 weeks post-randomisation: 1. Financial circumstances: number of jobs, hours worked per week, type of employment, highest level of education, benefits received, household income, and postcode to identify the index of multiple deprivation. 2. Parent/carer wellbeing measured by the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale 3. Time spent engaging in activities with parent/carer using a subscale of the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs - Monitoring 90 Days (GAIN-M90) 4. Financial stress will be measured using an adapted version of the Financial Stress Questionnaire 5. Worries and conflicts about money will be measured through two bespoke closed questions with Likert-style response items: “We worry a lot about money in the house” and “There are often arguments in the house about money”. 6. Housing quality will be | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactPing San
Outcome results
None listed