The Resilience Alliance
Primary Purpose
Secondary Traumatic Stress
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Resiliance Alliance
Secondary traumatic stress training
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Secondary Traumatic Stress
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Administration for Children's Services (ACS) employees working at one of four offices: Manhattan Zone C, Brooklyn Zone B, Staten Island Zone A and Brooklyn Zone C
- Adults aged 18 years or older
- English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Sites / Locations
- Bronx ACS Borough Office
- Brooklyn ACS Borough Office
- Manhattan ACS Borough Office
- Staten Island ACS Borough Office
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm Label
Intervention Group
Control Group
Arm Description
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Change in Survey Over Time
The survey results will be compared between the two groups at three different timepoints as listed above
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT02521571
Brief Title
The Resilience Alliance
Official Title
The Resilience Alliance
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
June 2016
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
December 2011 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
July 2012 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
July 2012 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
NYU Langone Health
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The Resilience Alliance is a skill-based staff development intervention for child protective staff that focuses on improving job satisfaction, resilience, optimism and social support, while decreasing attrition, stress reactivity and burnout. The investigators believe that the intervention will enhance the capacity of child welfare workers to care for themselves, which will result in them providing better care for the children and families involved with the child welfare system.
The Resiliance Alliance will be implemented in two child protective offices, Manhattan Zone C and Brooklyn Zone B. Staff from two additional offices (Staten Island Zone A and Brooklyn Zone C) will serve as a control group. A web-based survey will be administered in the group receiving the Resiliance Alliance intervention prior to intervention, at completion of the intervention, and 3 months post completion. The control group will be given a two-part training (3 hours in total) on secondary traumatic stress. The control group will then be asked to complete the same survey as the intervention group.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Secondary Traumatic Stress
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Enrollment
357 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Intervention Group
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Title
Control Group
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Resiliance Alliance
Intervention Description
The intervention is 6 months long & is delivered through weekly sessions held in the participating child protective offices. The sessions follow a 4-week cycle with the participants changing each week of the cycle: (1) CPS alone, by units; (2) CPS/Supervisor units; (3) Child Protective Manager and CPS/Supervisor units; and (4) CPSs & Supervisors/Managers separately.
Participating staff are introduced to a resilience-related topic or skill, and receive a brief didactic training on that topic. Staff then engage in a group activity, which is designed to help them apply the new topic or skill to the workplace. Each module wraps up with a relaxation or exercise to help staff transition back into their work responsibilities; the facilitator can pick among the selection provided based on their sense of what would be helpful for the group. Staff are also given handouts and activities to do during the week.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Secondary traumatic stress training
Intervention Description
These trainings will take place in two parts (for a total of 3 hours) and include an overview of secondary traumatic stress and its impact on child welfare staff, and some strategies staff can use to protect themselves from STS - essentially a "summary" version of what the intervention group will receive over the 24 weeks of the intervention. The investigators consider this training to represent "treatment as usual," as from our experience it is often how child welfare agencies address the issue of secondary traumatic stress among their staff.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Survey Over Time
Description
The survey results will be compared between the two groups at three different timepoints as listed above
Time Frame
At baseline, upon conclusion of the intervention (6 months), and 3 months post-intervention
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Administration for Children's Services (ACS) employees working at one of four offices: Manhattan Zone C, Brooklyn Zone B, Staten Island Zone A and Brooklyn Zone C
Adults aged 18 years or older
English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
None
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Claude Chemtob
Organizational Affiliation
NYU MEDICAL CENTER
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Bronx ACS Borough Office
City
Bronx
State/Province
New York
ZIP/Postal Code
10468
Country
United States
Facility Name
Brooklyn ACS Borough Office
City
Brooklyn
State/Province
New York
ZIP/Postal Code
11216
Country
United States
Facility Name
Manhattan ACS Borough Office
City
New York
State/Province
New York
ZIP/Postal Code
10027
Country
United States
Facility Name
Staten Island ACS Borough Office
City
Staten Island
State/Province
New York
ZIP/Postal Code
10301
Country
United States
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