Careers in Clinical Psychology
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Presentation by Dr Kate Cavanagh & Dr Kathy Greenwood at Sussex University (updated April 2013)
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Careers in Clinical Psychology
- 1. Careers in Clinical Psychology Dr. Kate Cavanagh & Dr. Kathy Greenwood
- 2. What is a Clinical Psychologist? • A health professional who aims to reduce psychological distress and to enhance and promote psychological well-being. • A wide range of psychological difficulties may be dealt with, including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, learning disabilities, child and family problems and serious mental illness.
- 3. What kind of work do we do? • Assessment • Formulation – (making sense of what is going on) • Intervention including Psychological Therapies • Supervision • Teaching / Training • Research • Leadership • In the NHS and in the private sector
- 4. How to become a Clinical Psychologist? • Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership – This is achieved by completing a British Psychological Society accredited degree or conversion course • Completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. – 3 year, full time training program, funded by NHS • Registration with the Health Professional Council (HPC) – NB Continuous professional development
- 5. Professional structure in the NHS GBCM and other experience
- 6. Applying for clinical psychology training • Approximately 580 funded training places per year in the UK offered across 30 University courses • Apply through the Leeds Clearing House http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp/
- 7. Leeds Clearing House for Clinical Psychology Training
- 8. Bangor University - North Wales University of Bath University of Birmingham Coventry and Warwick University of East Anglia University of East London • Course Centres University of Edinburgh - NHS Scotland University of Essex - Tavistock University of Exeter University of Glasgow - NHS Scotland University of Hertfordshire Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London Lancaster University University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool University of Manchester Newcastle University North Thames - University College London Oxford Plus Plymouth University Royal Holloway, University of London • University of Hull Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church University • Queens University Belfast University of Sheffield University of Southampton South Wales Staffordshire and Keele University of Surrey Teesside University Trent - Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham
- 9. Applying for clinical psychology training • You can apply for up to 4 courses through Leeds Clearing house • The deadline for applications is in late November each year (to begin training the following September) • Information for international students: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp/BasicInternationalFunding.html
- 10. Applying for clinical psychology training • Highly competitive application process – In 2012 there were 3587 applicants for only 586 places (e.g. 1 in 7 success rate, 85% rejection rate) • Average age of trainees at start of course is around 27/28
- 12. What are they looking for • Note – each course is different (see Leeds Clearing House for course details), but… • Common themes across courses in what they are looking for – Evidence of academic ability – Evidence of research experience and ability – A basic understanding of what clinical psychologists do, why and how. – Evidence of experience of working in the kinds of settings that clinical psychologists work – Evidence of working with the kinds of people that clinical psychologists work (both service users and professionals) – Reflection: the ability to learn from your experiences, whatever they are.
- 13. Getting the experience you need • Assistant psychologist posts – Sign up to emails on www.jobs.nhs.uk • Research assistant posts on clinical research projects – Sign up to emails on www.jobs.ac.uk • Local jobs in support work etc – Keep an eye on vacancies in the Argus etc • Other opportunities – Charity and Voluntary sector
- 14. Useful resources for aspiring clinical psychologists
- 16. Division of Clinical Psychology
- 19. Leeds Clearing House for Clinical Psychology Training • http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp/
- 20. What are they looking for • Note – each course is different (see Leeds Clearing House for course details), but… • Common themes across courses in what they are looking for – Evidence of academic ability – Evidence of research experience and ability – A basic understanding of what clinical psychologists do, why and how. – Evidence of experience of working in the kinds of settings that clinical psychologists work – Evidence of working with the kinds of people that clinical psychologists work (both service users and professionals) – Reflection: the ability to learn from your experiences, whatever they are.
- 22. ClinPsy.org.uk – aspiring clinical psychologists community website
- 23. Keeping other options in mind… • e.g. Increasing access to psychological therapies – primary wellbeing practitioner training • http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/
- 24. Other useful resources • MIND – www.mind.org.uk/ • RETHINK – http://www.rethink.org/ • Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust – http://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ • Jobs in the NHS – www.nhs.uk/ jobs • Research jobs – www.jobs.ac.uk
- 25. MSc Foundations in Clinical Psychology and Mental Health