A comparison of two coaching approaches to enhance implementation of a recovery-oriented service model

Authors

Frank Deane, University of WollongongFollow
Retta Andresen, University of WollongongFollow
Trevor Crowe, University of WollongongFollow
Lindsay G. Oades, University of WollongongFollow
Joseph Ciarrochi, University of Western SydneyFollow
Virginia Williams, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

92838

Publication Details

Deane, F. P., Andresen, R., Crowe, T. P., Oades, L. G., Ciarrochi, J. & Williams, V. (2014). A comparison of two coaching approaches to enhance implementation of a recovery-oriented service model. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 41 (5), 660-667.

Abstract

Moving to recovery-oriented service provision in mental health may entail retraining existing staff, as well as training new staff. This represents a substantial burden on organisations, particularly since transfer of training into practice is often poor. Follow-up supervision and/or coaching have been found to improve the implementation and sustainment of new approaches. We compared the effect of two coaching conditions, skills-based and transformational coaching, on the implementation of a recovery-oriented model following training. Training followed by coaching led to significant sustained improvements in the quality of care planning in accordance with the new model over the 12-month study period. No interaction effect was observed between the two conditions. However, post hoc analyses suggest that transformational coaching warrants further exploration. The results support the provision of supervision in the form of coaching in the implementation of a recovery-oriented service model, and suggest the need to better elucidate the mechanisms within different coaching approaches that might contribute to improved care.