Hi I'm Camilla and I think I was a member when the forum started (I definately lurked)!! I then put my psychology ambitions to one side but over the last 18 months I've started to work towards them again. I currently work as a Peer Support Worker and also as a Peer trainer at my local recovery colle...

I've found this discussion interesting as I'm hoping to apply next year and all my experience will be around me being a service user as I am currently a peer support worker and peer trainer within my trust recovery college. So I will have no option but to disclose. I have had increasing contact with...

Thank you! Ruthie that seems a good option as my concern with diversifying would be that I was doing lots of different pieces of work I guess a random kind of 'Jack of all trades master of none' but if I can volunteer along those lines then I will be continuing to work within service user involvemen...

Ill try to keep this concise!! I completed my undergraduate degree in 2006 and got a low 2:1. I subsequently moved abroad for 18 months and on my return ended up working in admin. I've always wanted to work in Psychology and so started my Masters in Psychology with the OU which I completed earlier t...