Useful Websites For Professional Psychology
Prepared by Sandi Thomson with thanks to
Janet Forsyth at the University of Edinburgh
Clinical Psychology
• Division of Clinical Psychology www.bps.org.uk/dcp
• Psyclick www.psyclick.org.uk
• ClinPsy www.clinpsy.org.uk
• NHS jobs https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk www.jobs.nhs.uk
• Mental health jobs www.mentalhealthjobs.co.uk
• Psychminded www.psychminded.co.uk
• PsychNet-UK www.psychnet-uk.com
• BPS Appointments www.psychapp.co.uk
Statistics on Clinical Clearing House Applications
Year
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Applicants
3857
3528
2969
2342
2323
Places
586
569
617
623
592
Success Rate
15%
16%
21%
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27%
25%
Success rate in 2012 was 15%, 1 in 6 to 1 in 7 applicants were offered a place –
far better odds than many other areas of graduate employment.
Glasgow course 353 applicants for 23 places (c.15 to 1 applicants per place)
Edinburgh course 489 applicants for 27 places (c. 18 applicants per place)
Current minimum salary for a Trainee Clinical Psychologist £25,528 pa (4/12 figures)
Educational Psychology
• Division of Educational and Child Psychology
http://decp.bps.org.uk/
• Association of Educational Psychologists www.aep.org.uk
• Department for Education
www.education.gov.uk/schools/careers/careeropportunities/
• Educational psychology training in Scotland
– www.dundee.ac.uk/eswce/programmes/mscedpsy/
– www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/courses/pscyhology/courses/educatio
nalpsychology/
– Scottish Division of Educational Psychology http://sdep.bps.org.uk/
• Council jobs www.myjobscotland.gov.uk
Occupational Psychology
• Division of Occupational Psychology www.bps.org.uk/dop
• Chartered Institute for Personal and Development
www.cipd.co.uk
• Civil Service www.civilservice.gov.uk/jobs.index.aspx
• Department for Work and Pensions http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
• Ministry of Defence
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Home/
• People Management
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/
• Personnel Today http://www.personneltoday.com/Home/
Forensic Psychology
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Division of Forensic Psychology www.bps.org.uk/dfp
Victim Support www.victimsupportsco.org.uk
Scottish Prison Service www.sps.gov.uk
HM Prison Service www.justice.gov.uk/about.hmps
National Probation Service www.nationalprobationservice.co.uk
Criminal Justice Social Work www.myjobscotland.gov.uk
National Association of Official Prison Visitors www.nanopv.com
Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlements of offenders
(SACRO) www.sacro.org.uk
• National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
(NACRO) www.nacro.org.uk
Counselling Psychology
• Division of Counselling Psychology www.bps.org.uk/dcop
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
www.bacp.co.uk
• The Samaritans www.samaritans.org
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Goodmoves www.goodmoves.org.uk
• Jobs in charities www.jobsincharities.co.uk
Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology
www.bps.org.uk/spex
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
(BASES) www.bases.org.uk
Division for Academics, Researchers and
Teachers in Psychology
• http://dtrp.bps.org.uk/
Health Psychology
• Division of Health Psychology www.bps.org.uk/dhp
• Healthjobs UK www.healthjobsuk.com
Neuropsychology
• Division of Neuropsychology www.bps.org.uk.don
• Jobs.ac.uk www.jobs.ac.uk/sector.psychology
• New Scientist www.newscientistjobs.com