Category: Support
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University student complaint procedure
This information is available in the following location: – University student complaint procedure
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Support for trainees with disabilities
Often, even before entry to the programme, potential trainees may contact the office in regard to any special requirements they may have. Where any trainee has a registered disability, and a need for particular equipment or special procedures to be followed to facilitate training, office staff (usually the Programme Administrator) liaise with staff and the…
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Tutor system and Individual Training Plans (ITP)
Introduction to the Tutor Pair and Vertical Tutor Groups (VTGs) To ensure that trainees receive coordinated support and advice on their progression throughout their training, from staff who have a chance to get to know them and their learning needs, each trainee is allocated a pair of tutors (a clinical tutor and a research tutor).…
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Personal and professional development and support for trainees
TYPE OF TRAINEE SUPPORT PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHERS INVOLVED FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS WITH TRAINEES Tutor pair and individual training plan (ITP) Programme staff: one member of the clinical team oversees the training pathway in partnership with a member of the research team Meet with trainees at least monthly. Individual training plan meetings at least twice per…
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Personal therapy & personal reformulation
The programme supports trainees seeking personal therapy. Trainees considering personal therapy are encouraged to discuss this with either their tutors who will assist them as appropriate in finding personal therapeutic support (for example advising them where to search). Course staff would not have any direct contact with a trainee’s therapist, and trainees would not be…
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Exceptional Circumstances Committee
The remit of the programme’s Exceptional Circumstances Committee is to consider submissions by a trainee relating to events outside their control which may have resulted in them failing to complete assessed work to a standard of academic performance that might reasonably have been expected on the basis of their performance elsewhere during their study. The…
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Trainee working pattern guidance
Annual leave entitlement This will depend on your length of continuous service but will be at least 27 days a year, plus bank holidays (April to March). If at the start of or during training you accrue five or ten years’ continuous service within the NHS then your annual leave allowance will rise to 29…
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Trainee personal details
If there are any changes to your personal details (e.g. address, contact details, name, next of kin) you must let the programme office know as soon as possible. For any address changes you will need to inform LSCFT. You can change your details via ESR on an LSCFT Laptop or complete the section attached to…