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- Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:24 am
- Forum: Professional/Employment Issues
- Topic: Prescribing rights for Psychologists
- Replies: 2
- Views: 943
Prescribing rights for Psychologists
The BPS are doing a consultation on whether psychologists should have prescribing rights. Deadline for comments is Monday. https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/internal-consultation-prescribing-rights I'm not sure where I sit (on the fence currently) but I'll have a read of the documents and see i...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:47 pm
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Access to a car?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3645
Re: Access to a car?
I think we're broadly in agreement that it shouldn't be a requirement, but it would also be naive to think that it would be possible to find placements for an entire cohort of non drivers, because of the way services are set up. A nice challenge for Lancaster maybe! I did read a National Geographic ...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:45 pm
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Access to a car?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3645
Re: Access to a car?
What would your solution be Richard?
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Access to a car?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3645
Re: Access to a car?
I don't think it's the marker of a good psychologist - but I do think it reflects the NHS we work in, and have made it pretty clear from my experience that services exist where travel is needed during the work day, like rural services. Every day this week I've travelled to a client appointment becau...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:33 am
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Access to a car?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3645
Re: Access to a car?
I'm probably a bad person for saying this, but a Band 6 NHS employee is fairly well paid and in most circumstances, they should be able to afford to run a car (I appreciate this may be different for people with dependants, single parents etc etc). Maybe I'm a total cow, but as someone who does drive...
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:05 am
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: Reference from a Counselling Psychologist
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1038
Re: Reference from a Counselling Psychologist
I had a Forensic Psychologist for mine and got an interview and a place.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:01 am
- Forum: Clinical Doctorate Application Process
- Topic: number of places versus number of applicants
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3103
Re: number of places versus number of applicants
I feel like Lancaster is the most inclusive of courses - in terms of their minimum criteria so that doesn't surprise me.
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:52 am
- Forum: Psychology degrees, conversions and postgrad qualifications
- Topic: MSc ClinPsy Graduate - need some career advice PLS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 843
Re: MSc ClinPsy Graduate - need some career advice PLS
Have you looked for nursing assistant / support worker / healthcare assistant roles? I think you might have to start there to gain experience and knowledge of the UK healthcare system and then apply for Assistant Psychologist / RA / PWP roles once you have some experience. The jobs you're currently ...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:38 am
- Forum: Applications
- Topic: Former inpatient looking for DClin application advice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 987
Re: Former inpatient looking for DClin application advice
No advice to add to what Lingua has said -other than I'd have a look on Twitter as there are a lot of trainees and qualified CPs talking about their own experience, so it shouldn't be a red flag. For example, @camspamalam is a great place to start, have a look at her excellent blog and the people sh...
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:05 pm
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Psychology Conversion, MSc - Job opportunities
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1296
Re: Psychology Conversion, MSc - Job opportunities
I think workingmama's post probably summarises quite nicely how the experience you have prior to the conversion course is likely to make a difference in how quickly following course completion you get on training. I imagine it's easier for someone who has done a lot of work with people in some sort ...
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:34 pm
- Forum: Wiki: IAPT
- Topic: A Week in the Life of an IAPT Low Intensity Worker
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19136
Re: A Week in the Life of an IAPT Low Intensity Worker
Punkgirl this was such an interesting read - I felt exhausted thinking about how many people you have to see and how much you have to hold in your head about different people. Here's hoping you get some protected admin time - so important.
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:43 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous: Related to Psychology
- Topic: The Cathartic thread - rant here!
- Replies: 922
- Views: 297274
Re: The Cathartic thread - rant here!
I hate writing notes. I feel like they take so long. I know they're important but they're the worst part of the job. Grr.
- Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:57 am
- Forum: Clinical Issues
- Topic: Jordan Peterson - why do practitioners not like him?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5988
Re: Jordan Peterson - why do practitioners not like him?
Con! A very on brand post for you. Hope everything is going well.
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:35 am
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: Fixed term contract and pregnancy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1036
Re: Fixed term contract and pregnancy
If you have any NHS employment prior to this post, this will count towards your entitlement too.
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: Careers advice
- Topic: I want to do too many things!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1425
Re: I want to do too many things!
What is appealing to you about each of the career paths? I think there's definitely potential for activism within Psychology and I wonder if you'd find social work quite constraining in reality - based on my experience of working with social workers, they always seem overwhelmed and overworked. I su...