DClinPsy Handbook

Category: Support

  • Prayer facilities and the Chaplaincy Centre

    The Chaplaincy Centre is a space on main campus for people of all faiths and none. Prayer rooms are also available across campus. There is a keypad for access to the prayer rooms on main campus. Please ask a member of staff on the Clinical Psychology programme for the code to access both the men’s…

  • Trainee disclosure of mental health and psychological difficulties

    Programme ethos The Lancaster DClinPsy programme recognises that all trainee clinical psychologists are human beings, who have potential to experience mental health difficulties or psychological distress during training. People also may have experienced such difficulties prior to training, and may be accessing mental health services or have accessed services in the past. Experiences of mental…

  • HCPC Health, disability and becoming a health and care professional

    This information is available in the following location: – HCPC Health, disability and becoming a health and care professional

  • University student complaint procedure

    This information is available in the following location: – University student complaint procedure

  • Lancaster University Disability Strategy

    This information is available in the following location: – Lancaster University Disability Strategy

  • Lancaster University counselling service

    This information is available in the following location: – Lancaster University counselling service

  • 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…

  • Learning Development

    The Faculty of Health and Medicine, in which the programme is situated, has its own ‘Learning Developer’. They can be contacted directly by trainees for support and advice around learning and academic skills, such as study skills, academic writing, etc. Dr Beth Caldwell https://modules.lancaster.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=7580

  • Peer support

    The buddy system One of the greatest forms of support reported by trainees is that provided by other trainees. Prior to starting the course each member of the new cohort is given the opportunity to be put in touch with a current first or second year who will act as a ‘buddy’ throughout the three…

  • Deadlines, extensions and exceptional circumstances

    Deadlines and extensions Trainees can find the fixed deadlines for all assignments with the  Submission deadlines page of the handbook. All assignments need to be submitted by the agreed deadline to avoid negative consequences. The consequences of late submission and the process for obtaining an extension is detailed on the following page: Policy regarding deadlines…

  • 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).…

  • Marking for assignments in relation to a specific learning difficulty (SpLD)

    In line with university guidelines, DClinPsy trainees with a diagnosis of a SpLD have their diagnosis highlighted to academic markers by the use of the university’s standard coversheets. This requests that markers are aware of the relevant guidelines and will be sent as applicable to those marking assignments. In addition to the university coversheet, an…

  • Personal and professional development 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Concerns about the programme (for trainees)

    As a programme team, we endeavour to undertake our duties in a respectful and ethical way, however there may be times when trainees wish to raise concerns about any aspect of the Programme and the following document outlines the procedures for doing so. Trainees’ experience of training, their feedback and ideas for improvement are key…

  • 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…

  • 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…