1) Good leadership, with people being picked out for their ability to manage people rather than out of seniority or being there the longest. -Probably the most important element. 2) As long as IAPT continues to hire PWPs out of a pool of ambitious, highly motivated psychology graduates with great ac...

From my perspective, it would be really helpful to get an idea of your current role and how you got to it. There are a lot of really good psychology grads on the forum who would really benefit in seeing the variety of roles out there, especially in the non-NHS settings where there isn't a huge amoun...

As you rightly say, the 2:2 issue will be something to consider, but you can get around that with a good performance in a conversion course or if you apply to those courses that put more emphasis on selection test. Your biggest issue will most likely be that your experience is more geared towards th...

Normally for someone with your qualifications and experience I would say that you would benefit from having paid employment that gives you experience and allows you to develop the skills and attributes you would need for a decent application. However, I am conscious of your limited time frame around...

Hello all, Our cohort are now tasked with deciding on a thesis topic, and I wanted to ask all you ‘qualified’s’ whether you found your choice of thesis topic helped/impeded/made no difference your job prospects? Did you study a topic linked to your ideal qualified job or elective placements? While ...

That is really helpful Miriam and has given me a lot to think about. Thanks for writing all of that. There are a lot of parallels with where I am at the moment, and one of the things I have noticed is that there is a well trodden path if you stay in the traditional NHS roles going from Band 7 upward...

3. That I can, and should, aim bigger! I am curious about what aiming bigger would look like for you. More impact? More resources? More income? Larger size of business? I have no doubt about your abilities to achieve this, but I would also be interested in what prompted that insight? I think I also...

There are so many things I have done wrong and I wish I knew about when I was still doing my undergraduate course but now I need to know where to go from here. While Miram and Hawke have given you practical tips, I would suggest you also reframe some of your beliefs around your progress and where y...

Not sure if it is coincidence, the global political situation or whatever else, but I have had a few international folk approach me about the various pathways in UK clinical psychology recently. What I have come to realise is that rather than going backwards and forwards through forums, DMs and emai...

It seems very hard in this country to get access to mental health support. I myself have had issues in the past getting access and had to turn to charities like Mind. Under what circumstances does one get through to a clinical psychologist? Do you have to be incredibly severely distressed? Even the...

Have been watching a lot of Youtube channels at the moment and have come across a few interesting videos on the application process that I am going to start directing aspirants to. Maybe good to have a thread that has them for those who prefer to watch stuff rather than read texts or trawl through p...

You could go down the re-training route, but that is long and there may be better options. One possiblity is that you collaborate with a CP/Couns Psy and set yourself up as offering something that integrates educational and clinical psychology focussed around children and young adults. This could be...

Just recieved this from the ACP. If anyone does have any relevant information, it can be helpful to flag up to the ACP. The ACP-UK Board are concerned that there is a general lack of understanding about psychologist titles. People generally do not understand the difference between someone who calls ...

Has anyone heard about the government's plans for jobs post the covid recession? Taken from https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rishis-plan-for-jobs-will-help-britain-bounce-back A new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme will also be launched to create hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for ...

There is a difference between what working clinical psychologists view as issues (including limits to career progression, service under investment, role dilution, burnout) and the wider issues that impact on the profession. - How to deal with increasing mental health demand with increasingly limited...