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Brief title
Health condition
Psychosiocial problems
Vulnerabilities
Long-term unemployment
Mensen met grote afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt vanwege kwetsbaarheden
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
1. Empowerment:
A. Improvement in mean score on empowerment, measured with the Dutch Empowerment scale (Boevink etal 2009); Time points 6 months and 12 months;
B. Improvement in mean score on hope measured with the Herth Hope Index (Herth 1989); Time points 6 months and 12 months.
2. Vocational functioning:
A. % of participants who show improvement in participation in 12 months; Time point 12 months;
B. Improvement in mean score on job search behavior (Schellekens 2007); Time point 12 months.
Secondary outcome
1. Improvement in mean score on mental health confidence); Time points 6 months and 12 months;
2. Improvement in mean score on quality of life; Time points 6 months and 12 months;
3. Improvement in mean score (on perceived insight in personal competencies); Time points 6 months and 12 months.
Background summary
TRACE is a multi-site pragmatic, parallel group randomised clinical trial evaluating effectiveness of Recognition of Acquired Competencies for volunteers (RAC-v). RAC-v is applied at rehabilitation or social agencies targeting people with a 'large distance' to the labour market because of social and psychological vulnerabilities. Professional workers of these agencies are being trained in RAC-v by trainers of the founding organization. These workers offer RAC-v to enrolled participants who are randomized to RAC-v. People in the control condition sign in for a waiting list and are offered RAC-v after one year. All other (usual) guidance proceeds without modification for both groups. Three time points are used: T0 (baseline) - T6 months - T12 months. Empowerment measured at T6 and T12 and vocational improvement measured at T12 are the primary outcomes.
Study objective
Guidance added by Recognition of Acquired Competencies results in better improvement in empowerment in people with vulnerabilities compared to usual guidance
Study design
1. T0;
2. T6 months;
3. T12 months.
Intervention
Recognition of Acquired Competencies for volunteers (RAC-v), or in Dutch "Erkenning van Verworven Competenties voor vrijwilligers" (EVC-v). RAC-v is applied at 20 to 25 rehabilitation or social agencies. Professional workers of these agencies are being trained in RAC-v by trainers of the founding organization. These workers offer RAC-v to enrolled participants who are randomized to RAC-v. RAC-v generally takes six months to finish. It consists of several phases, including choosing core competencies, looking for evidence which confirms the participant actually possesses these competencies, making a portfolio that shows this process has been carried out and finally an authorization phase which ends in certification.
People in the control condition sign in for a waiting list and are offered RAC-v after one year. All other (usual) guidance proceeds without modification for both groups.
Manja Wezep, van
Trimbos Institute
Utrecht 3500 AS
The Netherlands
+31 (0)30 2971100
mwezep@trimbos.nl
Manja Wezep, van
Trimbos Institute
Utrecht 3500 AS
The Netherlands
+31 (0)30 2971100
mwezep@trimbos.nl
Inclusion criteria
1. Motivated for working with RAC-v;
2. Unemployed;
3. Client of a social agency targeted on long-term unemployed people;
4. Willingly to participate in the study and to sign informed consent;
5. Sufficiently understands Dutch language (or is supported by a translator made available by the agency involved).
Exclusion criteria
Currently undertaking a RAC-v trajectory (if the person involved has completed a RAC trajectory with a certificate, this has to be closed for at least a year before study admission).
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL2504 |
| NTR-old | NTR2622 |
| Other | Movisie : ESI-EVC-001 |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd. |