Grace Tidmarsh is a Researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK. The PhD is a collaborative project with St Basils’ housing support service for youth (16-25 years) experiencing homelessness.

Grace’s PhD research is part of a wider project in which a mental skills training programme (MST4Life) is delivered to service users. Outcomes from the programme include improved mental health, improved life skills and re-engagement in education, employment or training.

The research itself focusses on process evaluations to develop a deeper understanding of mechanisms that work or do not work with regards to 1. Delivering positive youth development programmes in complex community settings and 2. The extent to which it is possible to train front-line service staff to deliver these psychologically informed interventions with high fidelity.

The PhD includes a fidelity assessment of the delivery style of MST4Life, a systematic review on process evaluations of PYD programmes for disadvantaged youth, evaluation of young people’s feedback on the programme and finally a protocol of evaluating the fidelity of training delivered to frontline service staff.

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