CSV Volunteers in Child Protection (ViCP): An assessment of impact and effectiveness

This study measured parent and child mental well-being and family functioning during the ViCP intervention to explore whether the intervention leads to improvement in mental health indicators with consequent increased mental capital. Mental capital encompasses a person’s cognitive and emotional resources and influences both the contribution that they are able to make to society and their experience of wellbeing. The study also looks at whether the level of concern about the safety of the children has decreased through the involvement of ViCP. In some cases, we found that ViCP identified unmet need.