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Nicola De Waal, Facundo Herrera, Oliver Tee, Marina Leoni, Joanna Hofman (Ipsos UK) and Professor Adam Whitworth (University of Strathclyde)

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Strathclyde Business School is a leading triple-accredited UK business school offering cutting-edge research and teaching for the social good.

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Strathclyde Business School is collaborating with us on evaluation activity as part of our What Works: testing youth employment interventions programme.

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Ipsos is a leading provider of research and evaluation services to local and national government, public sector agencies, third sector organisations and What Works Centres in the UK. Its dedicated Policy and Evaluation Unit is made up of over 50 highly-skilled evaluators including economists, statisticians, quantitative impact evaluation specialists and theory-based method experts. The team draws on policy and methodological expertise from across our wider Public Affairs division to establish high-performing project teams with the right skills, knowledge and experience to support clients at the forefront of pressing and complex policy challenges.

Working with Youth Futures

Ipsos collaborates with us on research and evaluation activity as a member of our evaluation panel.

Overview

We have commissioned an evaluation of Individual Placement and Support for Youth (IPS-Y) for 16-17-year-olds supported by CAMHS services in Greater Manchester.

Programme delivery is managed by Pure Innovations, and the evaluation is being conducted by Ipsos, Centre for Mental Health, and the University of Strathclyde.

Trial design: Two-armed, muti-site randomised control trial, with randomisation at the individual young person level

Trial type: effectiveness study, including a nested pilot

Evaluation setting: CAMHS or NHS trusts (Greater Manchester)

Target group: 16- to 17-year-olds receiving CAMHS support in Greater Manchester

Planned target number of participants: 304 young people

Primary outcomes and sources: Participation in education, employment or training at any point during the 12 months after being randomised to either receive IPS-Y or not, as measured by surveys with the young people.

 

 

 

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