Medium to high risk of contextual harm Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
This is an interventional design. Random assignment is made at the team level (stratified at the Local Authority level) using a random number generator, where young people involved in the trial are as
Sponsors
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants will be recruited among the young people allocated to be supported by participating teams who meet the following eligibility criteria: 1. Age 11-18 years old (inclusive) at the time of recruitment 2. At medium to high risk of contextual harm and referred to LA services with a view of mitigating such risk. This assessment will need to be quality assured by a MACE/pre-MACE panel or by the practitioner’s team manager.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Do not consent (or their parents do not consent) to participate in the study 2. Judged to be too high risk to take part in the study or have other vulnerabilities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An indicator for scoring in the high and very high range of the conduct problems subscale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires. Measured as part of the endline young person survey, administered at week 20 after recruitment during a session with the practitioner. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Criminal activity: recorded arrest in Police National Computers during the period of 16 months after recruitment. 2. Self-reported and practitioner-reported perceptions of young person’s safety, measured using Young person and practitioner versions of “Checkpoint. A safety scale for young people”, which is an instrument to measure young people’s perceptions of safety developed by the research team. Part of the endline young person questionnaire, administered at week 20 after recruitment. 3. Wellbeing measured using the Short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS). Part of the endline young person questionnaire, which is administered at some point between weeks 14 and 20 after recruitment. 4. Emotional self-regulation measured using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire – Adolescent Short Form (TEIQUE-ASF) – Self regulation subscale. Part of the endline young person questionnaire, administered at week 20 after recruitment. 5. Social connectedness measured using the Social Connectedness Scale – Revised (SCS-R). Part of the endline young person questionnaire, administered at week 20 after recruitment. 6. Internalising behaviours measured using the emotional difficulties and peer difficulties subscales of the SDQ measured at baseline and endline as part of the participant’s surveys administered following recruitment and at week 20 after recruitment respectively. 7. Hyperactivity measured using the hyperactivity subscale of the SDQ measured at baseline and endline as part of the participant’s surveys administered following recruitment and at week 20 after recruitment respectively. 8. Prosocial behaviours measured using the Strength and Difficulties prosocial behaviour subscale measured at baseline and endline as part of the participant’s surveys administered following recruitment and at week 20 after recruitment respectively. 9. Prosocial identity measured using the Pro-social Identity Scale (PIDS) measured at baseline and endline as part of t | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed