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IPS/Peer Support Intervention in the DTES

NCT03748004 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2019-06-17

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Summary

Individual placement support (IPS) is an evidence-based supported employment model for people with severe mental illness, designed to achieve employment in mainstream competitive jobs, either part-time or full-time. The aim of this study is to assess the (i) effectiveness of embedding the (IPS)/Peer Support intervention as part of the primary care centre in securing employment of adults living in the downtown eastside in comparison to the usual treatment WorkBC (control group). (ii) effectiveness of IPS/Peer Support versus the usual treatment (WorkBC) in improving mental illness, quality of life and personal recovery through participation in employment.

Conditions

  • Behavior, Adaptive
  • Mental Illness
  • Substance Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

IPS/SP

The 72 recruited clients receiving primary care services from one DTES clinical site who are employment ready will be randomly assigned to IPS and Peer Support (experimental group) or WorkBC control group

BEHAVIORAL

WorkBC

36 out of the 72 participants who live in the DTES will be randomly assigned to the control group (WorkBC). Participants will be provided with WorkBC employment services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Skye Barbic, PhD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-14
Primary Completion
2019-11-30
Completion
2020-05-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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