Testing the Effectiveness of Mainstream Management Tools to Increase Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction and Decrease Turnover Among Peer Providers
Mental Health, Work Related Stress
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Mental Health focused on measuring peer support specialists, coaching
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Peer support specialists/providers who are:
- are currently employed a minimum of 10 hours per week as an employee in a mental health setting;
- are providing services to individuals with psychiatric disabilities (this will exclude individuals in volunteer positions);
- have been employed as a peer provider for a minimum of 6 months;
- are employed in a mental health program;
- express types of concerns about their work, such as distress or lack of clarity about their job, role stressors and/or burnout, that suggest they could benefit from the intervention;
- express a willingness to engage in the CAPP Coaching intervention;
- have the ability to conduct CAPP sessions and assessments in English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- unable or unwilling to provide full and knowing consent for the research study;
- unwilling to participate in the data collection.
Sites / Locations
- Boston University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Coaching and Achievement of Peer Providers (CAPP)
Enhanced control
CAPP will consist of 16 individualized, one-on-one sessions using Zoom or other videoconferencing software and occurring over a 4-month period. Coaching meetings will take approximately one hour per week. The coach will tailor and individualize the modules and time spent on modules to meet the goals of each peer provider. Modules: Module 1: Establishing and solidifying the working alliance, understanding the work setting and role Module 2: Understand Generic drivers of burnout and role stress Module 3: Discuss specific sources of role stressors and burnout Module 4: Set SMART Goals Module 5: Overcome challenges for workplace success Module 6: Develop Skills for Workplace Success Module 7: Managing co-worker and supervisory relations in the workplace Module 8: Wrap-up sessions During the first stage of research, the CAPP intervention will be further developed and refined, prior to the Randomized clinical trial.
The "enhanced" control condition will include 1 generic informational session conducted by a CAPP coach.During that session, the coach will introduce the key concepts under study and provide information about the drivers of burnout and role stress. The CAPP coach will discuss the need to set goals to overcome these challenges and will provide one article via email describing burnout and role stressors that is suitable for a lay person.