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Testing the Effectiveness of Mainstream Management Tools to Increase Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction and Decrease Turnover Among Peer Providers
Sponsor: Boston University Charles River Campus
Summary
The role of peer support specialists (PSS) has burgeoned in the mental health field. Peer support specialists are individuals with a psychiatric condition who are in recovery and who are employed to provide various kinds of tangible and other supports to individuals with psychiatric conditions, generally in public mental health programs. Partially because of the newness of this role, PSS experience confusion about their role and tasks as well as conflict with other mental health providers who are uncertain about how to utilize PSS effectively in services. This project was designed to bring a coaching service to PSS to assist them to address challenges in their job. The investigators will conduct a randomized control trial to evaluate a novel coaching, Coaching and Advancement for Peer Providers (CAPP). Our hypotheses are that individuals participating in the CAPP intervention will experience a reduction in burnout, role confusion, and intention to leave their job or the field. Participants in CAPP will also experience an increase in job satisfaction, role clarity and organizational commitment.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
122
Start Date
2021-05-28
Completion Date
2023-11-30
Last Updated
2026-07-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Coaching and Advancement for Peer Providers (CAPP)
The CAPP intervention will combine executive coaching approaches and techniques with the specific needs and environmental demands of individuals working as PSS. A person who has been a PSS and trainer of PSS nationally has developed the CAPP intervention using the expertise of Center staff, the Harvard Institute of Coaching (IOC) and our Peer Advisory Group. Individuals randomized to the experimental condition will receive 16 individual coaching sessions tailored to the specific job stressors they are experiencing. CAPP is designed to address the following issues: role confusion, lack of clarity about job tasks, conflict with other providers, burnout, lack of organizational commitment and job satisfaction.
Locations (1)
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States