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Appendix 5: Procedures for the Recruitment of Clients for Interview

Aberlour Outreach Project

1. The individual project workers approach the clients to introduce the research and ascertain their willingness in principle to participate in it. The client is given an information sheet explaining the research and describing what their participation in it will involve.
2. The contact details of those clients who respond positively are passed to the survey manager who, in turn, contacts the client to arrange the interview. In practice, at the agency's suggestion, the interviews were usually arranged with the assistance of the project workers.
3. Interviewer meets client, discusses the research with them and requests formal consent for their participation in the interview.

East Ayrshire Substance Misuse Family Support Project

1. The Project sends letter, information sheet, consent form and SAE to parents/carers requesting their consent to approach their child with a view to including them in the evaluation.
2. Parent/carer returns consent form to East Ayrshire Project.
3. The Project introduces the research to the young people and agrees a time at which they might meet the interviewer for possible interview. The Project confers with the survey manager regarding suitable dates, times and venues.
4. The Project informs the survey manager of the time and place arranged for the young person to meet the interviewer.
5. Interviewer meets with the young person, goes over the main elements on the information sheet and asks if they would be willing to take part in the research. If young person agrees they are, at that stage, asked to complete a consent form.

Reiver Project

1. The Project sends letter, information sheet, consent form and SAE to parents requesting their permission to pass their child's contact details to the research team with a view to including them in the evaluation.
2. Parent/carer returns consent forms to the Project.
3. Project informs survey manager that consent has been granted and provides her with the contact details for the young person.
4. The survey manager sends letter, information sheet, consent form and SAE to the young person inviting them to take part in the evaluation.
5. The young person returns the consent form to survey manager who contacts them to arrange a convenient time and location for the interview.
6. Interviewer meets with the young person, goes over the main elements on the information sheet and confirms that the young person is still willing to take part in the research. If young person agrees to take part, they are asked to complete a consent form.

Perth Connect

1. The Project approaches the young person to introduce the research and secure their informal consent to contact their parents.
2. The Project sends letter, information sheet, consent form and SAE to parents requesting their consent to approach their child with a view to including them in the evaluation.
3. Parent/carer returns consent forms to the Project.
4. Where consent has been granted, the Project provides the survey manager with the young person's contact details.
5. Survey manager sends letter, information sheet, consent form and SAE to young person inviting them to take part in the evaluation. The young person returns the consent form to survey manager.
6. Survey manager contacts the young person to arrange a convenient time and location for the interview.
7. Interviewer meets with the young person, goes over the main elements on the information sheet, confirms that he or she is still willing to take part in the research and obtains their written consent.

Perth Connect (over 16 year olds)

1. The Project approaches the young person to introduce the research and secure their consent to release their contact details to the research team.
2. The Project provides the survey manager with contact details for those clients who agree in principle to participate.
3. Survey manager sends letter, information sheet, consent form and SAE to young person inviting them to take part in the evaluation. Positive responses are followed up as for the under 16 year olds.

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