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This protocol summarises plans for a pilot RCT of Let’s Connect, an intervention to improve the mental health and wellbeing of foster and kinship families.
Let’s Connect is a support programme developed by Barnardo’s, based on the Wellness Recovery Action Planning model (WRAP), which is delivered to foster/kinship communities, with the aim of improving the mental health and well-being of foster/kinship families.
WRAP helps participants to identify and understand their personal wellness resources and then to develop an individualised plan to use these resources on a daily basis to manage their mental health and wellbeing. WRAP will be delivered in the following group sizes:
We have commissioned Coram to conduct a pilot randomised controlled trial of the Let’s Connect programme in Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
The evaluation consists of three elements: a pilot impact evaluation, an implementation and process evaluation, and a cost analysis. The primary outcome for the pilot impact evaluation is foster/kinship carer wellbeing. Secondary outcomes include the wellbeing of children (as reported by carers), carer peer support networks, carers’ family relationships, and placement stability. The implementation and process evaluation will focus on the evidence of feasibility, fidelity, acceptability, and readiness for a full-scale trial.
The impact evaluation will look at the following research questions:
The implementation and process evaluation will look at the following research questions:
The cost evaluation will look at the following research question:
