Resiliency & Burnout Interventions for Behavioral Health Staff

Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?The goal of this clinical trial is to compare Integrated Resiliency Training and Task Sharing (IRTTS) to Workplace Improvement Learning Collaborative (WILC) in group homes for adults with serious mental illness and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is IRTTS superior to WILC in improving residential care worker (RCW) resiliency; stress management and burnout; depression and anxiety; and positive health behaviors? * Is IRTTS superior to WILC in improving RCW turnover/retention; RCW sick days/absenteeism; and group home safety and resident incidents? * What are the barriers, facilitators, and resources required to successfully implement IRTTS and WILC? Participants may engage in training sessions, collaborate with residents and other RCWs in their group homes, attend meetings with RCWs from other group homes, complete surveys, participate in focus groups, and/or give qualitative interviews. Researchers will compare IRTTS to WILC to see which intervention should be implemented to achieve the greatest improvement in RCW resiliency and greatest reduction in burnout and turnover in group homes for adults with serious mental illness and/or developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for permanent-salary staff at certain group homes for adults with serious mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities. It's not open to temporary or per diem workers, nor staff at non-participating group homes.

Inclusion Criteria

Permanent-salary staff working in participating group homes

Exclusion Criteria

Temp staff and per diem workers

Staff working in group homes not included in this study

Participant Groups

The study compares two programs: Integrated Resiliency Training and Task Sharing (IRTTS) versus Workplace Improvement Learning Collaborative (WILC). It looks at which is better for improving staff resiliency, stress management, health behaviors, job retention, safety in the home, and reducing burnout.

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Workplace Improvement Learning CollaborativeExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

A workplace improvement learning collaborative implemented at the organization level (mesosystem).

Group II: Integrated Resiliency Training and Task SharingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

A multi-component intervention combining resiliency training and task sharing implemented at the site-level (microsystem).