After Graduation - Clinical Psychology

For students considering the standard DClin course, the following roles will put them in a good place to apply in a few years:

• Research assistant / PhD positions on clinically relevant topics / populations (see jobs.ac.uk; findaphd.com)
• Assistant Psychologist post (increasingly rare),
• Well-being practitioner (delivering CBT)
• Paid non-clinical job and continuing voluntary work relevant to clinical psychology
• MSc in Clinical Psychology or a related field, particularly if your UG grades are relatively poor and you need to show good academic performance

Assistant Psychologist vacancies and other related posts are advertised in the following:

• BPS website
• The NHS Jobs website
• The Guardian - sometimes carries relevant vacancies
• Times Higher Education Supplement and www.jobs.ac.uk for research posts
• Local newspaper websites – occasionally carry Assistant Psychologist vacancies but will also advertise Care Assistant and Support Work vacancies

Applications to clinical psychology training are made at www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp

For further information and advice see the following books (both in the JB Morrell library):

• Clinical Psychology in Practice, Beinart, Kennedy, and Llewelyn, Blackwell, 2009.
• What is Clinical Psychology? Llewelyn and Murphy, OUP, 2014.