Clinical Psychology

The Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology

What the Programme Provides

a) A Co-ordinator of Training (non EEA) or Co-ordinating Supervisor (EEA)
Members will be appointed a Co-ordinator of Training or a Co-ordinating Supervisor (for EEA psychologists) from the Programme staff. Your Co-ordinator will work with you to develop your own individualised plan, setting out how you intend to complete the requirements set for you by the BPS.  Your co-ordinator will facilitate the setting up of placements between you and your employer.  Your Co-ordinator will work with you throughout the process to closely monitor your progress with your individual plan. They will monitor and review your placement experience and will support you with academic work or with issues pertinent to the completion of workplace products.

b) Induction Day for new members
New members will be provided with an induction programme including guidance and orientation to personal, procedural, clinical and academic aspects of the SoE process.

c) Study Days
There are five study days each year. The aim of these is to assist you with completing the training and adaptation requirements and to provide learning experiences to equip you to work as a Clinical Psychologist in the NHS.  These days involve a business meeting and a workshop on an area of relevance to candidates. In the afternoon, for non-EEA candidates, there are tutorials for essays and reports of clinical activity, and for EEA psychologists, there are sessions to support you in the preparation and completion of workplace products. The tutorials are facilitated by sessional SoE Tutors who are Clinical Psychologists from the Programme catchment area who have agreed to read up to two drafts of academic work for SoE candidates.  During study days candidates can take the opportunity to network, use the library and consult staff at Salomons.  These study days are an important part of the SoE Programme and members are required to make full use of them.  Candidates can also have access to a limited number of teaching days on the pre-qualification doctorate programme.

d) Research Supervision
The Programme provides research supervision for candidates undertaking the Dissertation or service-related research project.  If a Dissertation is required, one supervisor needs to be sought from the employing Trust or other local Trusts.  Salomons provides another supervisor who will agree timescales for completion of the various stages of the project, co-ordinate the formal vetting of a research proposal and comment on drafts of the written work.  Service-related research projects will usually be supervised on placement, with support from your Co-ordinator of Training or Co-ordinating supervisor.

e) Library and other Learning Resources
Members have full membership of the excellent library facilities at Salomons and in Canterbury, plus membership of the Institute of Psychiatry library in London if needed.  Members will receive a personal ATHENS password giving access to on-line library services.  Salomons has good computer facilities and the programme provides a range of documentary resources to assist with the SoE process.

f) Payment of BPS Fees
The programme makes a payment towards candidates’ BPS fees and aims to pay them in full, subject to certain conditions.

Possible Future Developments for the Programme
The BPS has recently opened up a new route to completing the SoE, whereby candidates would complete part of the requirements of an accredited UK Clinical Psychology training.  Under this scheme, candidates would be assessed by the course, rather than by the BPS Board of Examiners.  This route is currently not offered by any UK training courses.  We are investigating the possibility of opening this route at Salomons in future.

Contact us: deborah.chadwick@canterbury.ac.uk