Social Worker Focused Psychological Strategies

Optimising allied health psychological treatments in primary health care: piloting a randomised controlled trial of social worker training in focused psychological strategies

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN64702482

Enrollment

Registered

2009-05-29

Start date

2009-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-07-29

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Conditions

Mental health skills Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental health

Interventions

Social worker's names will be placed in an envelope and selected at random by the research co-ordinator, allocating them alternately to intervention (training group) or control group:

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Registered Social Workers (adults over 18 years of age, either sex) in Victoria

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Non-Victorian Social Workers

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Competence on standardised consultations video-taped and rated by two blind reviewers using the Cognitive Therapy Scale, measured on 22/07/2009 and 05/08/2009.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Confidence in FPS on pre- and post-surveys, measured 09/07/2009 and 16/07/2009 for the control group, and 17/07/2009 and 07/08/2009 for the intervention group.	—

Countries

Australia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026