SuperAssist: Client-Centered Supervision Assist App for Mental Health Providers

Indiana University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Behavioral Health Client-centered Supervision

Treatments: Other: Client-centered supervision training and use of a mobile app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07247045

R34MH133664 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

21929

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this pilot study is to test a Supervision Assist App (SuperAssist) for implementing Client-Centered Supervision (CCS) to improve supervision practices for mental health providers (providers). During previous Aims 1 and 2, a SuperAssist beta version was designed and developed before beta testing of SuperAssist with providers and supervisors. During this pilot randomized controlled trial (Aim 3), the investigators will evaluate the feasibility, preliminary outcomes, and change mechanisms of SuperAssist.

Enrollment: 180 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria for behavioral health staff:

• A direct service/care provider providing behavioral health services to adults in recovery from mental health or substance use conditions or a supervisor of at least one direct service/care provider for adults in a behavioral health setting of a provider or providers at a behavioral health organization
• Willing and able to attend training (approximately 8 hours), install and use the app for up to approximately 6 months, and complete the other planned study procedures

Eligibility Criteria for clients:

• At least 18 years old
• An active client (at the time of enrollment) of a participating organization
• Willing and able to receive email and/or text message communication from the study team and compete 3 online surveys over the course of the study (up to approximately 6 months)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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180 participants in 4 patient groups

SuperAssist Group-Behavioral Health Staff

Experimental group

Description:

Client-centered supervision training and use of a mobile app for behavioral health staff

Treatment:

Other: Client-centered supervision training and use of a mobile app

Control Group-Behavioral Health Staff

No Intervention group

SuperAssist Group-Clients

Experimental group

Description:

Clients of behavioral health staff assigned to the Experimental Arm

Treatment:

Other: Client-centered supervision training and use of a mobile app

Control Group-Clients

No Intervention group

Description:

Clients of behavioral health staff assigned to the Control Arm