| Trial Acronym | SAAF |
| Clinical Area | Child Protection |
| Description | THE SAAF STUDY: evaluation of the Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework (SAAF), compared with management as usual, for improving outcomes for children and young people who have experienced, or are at risk of, maltreatment: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| Status | Closed |
| Date Opened to Recruitment | 14th October 2014 |
| Target Recruitment | 1800 cases |
| Date Closed to Recruitment | 31st October 2015 |
| No. of Sites | 6 |
| Trial Design | A multi-site, cluster-randomised controlled trial. | |
| Study Aim | The primary aim of this study is to determine whether complex assessments undertaken under S47 or S17 of the Children Act 1989 by social workers using SAAF, result in children being less likely to experience maltreatment or re-abuse than children whose social workers do not use SAAF | |
| The secondary aims of the study are to determine the extent to which SAAF: improves the quality of social work assessments of harm, future risk and parents’ capacity for change; is acceptable to social workers and other key stakeholders |
| Chief Investigator | Prof Geraldine Macdonald |
| Sponsors | University of Bristol |
| Funder | Department for Education |
| Links | https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN45137562 |