Job overview

Are you interested in a career in clinical psychology, but having difficulty getting relevant work experience? Do you live in Coventry or Warwickshire?

The Paid Clinical Work Experience Opportunities for Disadvantaged Aspiring Clinical Psychologists is a national NHS England scheme to offer opportunities to underrepresented groups. 

 Some groups are currently underrepresented in psychology. At CWPT we’re committed to ensuring equitable opportunities to support local people to start and excel in their psychology career.

This year we’re inviting applications from people who have been socially disadvantaged. This must be evidenced in the supporting information of the application.

This may include people who:

·       have lived experience of the care system

·       were a mature student because university education at earlier age was not affordable

·       are under refugee or humanitarian protection

·       have a disability

·       are carers

·       received grants, bursaries or awards to help finance university studies due to low income.

To be eligible for the scheme you must:

1.    Hold an upper Second-Class Honours degree or Master’s conversion within the last 18 months. This must enable eligibility for Graduate membership with the British Psychological Society.

2.    Have unrestricted right to work in UK or Current Employee on Work Permit.

Live in Coventry or Warwickshire

Main duties of the job

Exclusions- We are unable to accept applications from candidates who:

 ·       Hold or are studying for a Master’s degree (with the exception of a Master’s degree completed as a conversion degree for applicants with a non-psychology undergraduate degree OR a combined undergraduate MSc degree)

·       Receive a salary relating to a psychology post, or are a post-graduate trainee in a university programme.

·       Held any substantial prior paid assistant psychology post, research assistant or similar employment. Previous paid work experience at a very limited period or employment (such as sessions for less than the equivalent of four weeks in total) as a research assistant/assistant psychologist, will be accepted.

CWPT has a wide range of services across adult, older adult, child and adolescent and learning disabilities services.The current roles will be place in our adult community mental health or learning disabilities services.

It would include:

·       Direct work with services users (individual and groups)

·       Observing the work of a range of professions to gain understanding of different roles and multidisciplinary team working.

·       Shadowing psychological professionals

·       Service-related projects including co-production, audit, and research.

The roles are usually fulltime however there are opportunities to create flexible working patterns where this is supportive. 

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include: generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us * flexible working opportunities and excellent learning and development opportunities.

We are  always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.