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Please ~
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… and turn off your mobile
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CareersIn
Forensic Psychology
Fern Hodges, CPsychol (foren)Head of Psychology, HMP&YOI Onley
Practioner-Lecturer, Coventry University
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Careers in Forensic Psychology: Overview
- Employers + types of work- More detail on prison psychology- Where to look for jobs- Steps to registration as a chartered
psychologist- Turning experience into applications - Questions (but also ask all through)
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Where did your interest start?
Reading forensic psychology journal?
Reading book by forensic psychologist?
Friend or relative works in forensic setting?
Televisiondocumentary
Newspapers Televisiondrama
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Want a job like Cracker’s?
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Careers in Forensic Psychology: Employers
~ National Health Service~ Private Forensic Residential
Firms ~ Police ~ Universities~ Ministry of Justice (NOMS)~ HM Prison Service~ Private Custodial Firms~ Probation~ Youth Offending Teams~ Private Practice
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National Health Service +
• Clinical work (including risk assessment)
• Lateral transfer possible for forensic• Assistant psychologist post
(PCTs, “specials”, DSPD = growth area) > clinical training course
(Leeds clearing house)
• Huge competition to get on courses• + Private firms
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Police – Non-Crime
• Training(Some done by occupational psychologists)
• Research (University of Surrey has strong links)
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/research.htm
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PoliceBehavioural Investigative Analysis
Accredited – very few!• Individuals from
- Police officers- Clinical psychologists- Forensic psychiatrist (doctor)- Academic
National Policing Improvement Agency – Serious Crime Analysis Section http://www.npia.police.uk/en/5222.htm
Liverpool University MSc course
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Research in other forensic areas• Universities• PhD• Ministry of Justice (NOMS)
Research, Development and Statistics(formerly part of Home Office)
http://www.justice.gov.uk/jobs/current-vacancies.htm (all types)
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Offenders outside prisons(Other Custody/Community)
Juveniles ~Youth Offending Teams
(Run by county councils)
~Secure Training Centres(Four - all privately run)
http://www.yjb.gov.uk/en-gb/
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HM Prison Service Psychology
• Delivery of agreed organisational objectives
• Understanding of individuals and the organisation
• Design of strategies for change• Evaluation of effectiveness
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Prison and Probation
• Individual prisoners• Assessment – including Risk Assessment• Treatment• Life-sentenced prisoners• Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder• (DSPD) – also NHS Special Hospitals• Counselling (but rare)
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Prison and Probation
Group work with offenders Accredited programmes
Tutor, treatment managerhttp://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingoffenders/
workingoffenders12.htm
Other group work programmes(Planning, delivery, evaluation, approval
under Prison Service Order 4350)http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/resourcecentre/psispsos/listpsos/
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Staff Training
• Stress management• HIV/AIDS awareness• Suicide awareness• Report writing• Work with life sentenced prisoners• Incident negotiation• Offence parallelling behaviour
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Management work
• Regime evaluation
• Monitoring schemes
• Key performance indicators
• Consultancy – varied topics(examples next slide)
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Research/consultancy - some examples
-Bullying (prevalence +)-Drug use -Evaluation of interventions-Staff views of association style-Travelling community
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Looking for Jobs• Local newspaper• Job centres• BPS Appointments Memorandum• Professional house magazines• HMPS & DH vacancy alerts
(sign up on website)• Internet – other (eg private prisons/health)• National newspapers
(eg “The Guardian”, particularly on Wednesdays)
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Looking for experience
• Difficult for prison staff to take you on• Try other employers• Offer substantial time over long period
(Not shadowing, not just a visit, not just one day per week)• Often administrative tasks
(Including SPSS data entry)• Placement year?
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Registration as a Chartered Forensic Psychologist
Step 1 GBR (You needed this to get onto this MSc course)
Step 2 BPS Diploma in Forensic Psychology Stage 1-either DFP exams + publishable research (now one piece)
with oral exam on the methods-or accredited MSc (19)
Step 3 BPS Diploma in Forensic Psychology Stage 2-Two years’ supervised practice >
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Step 2 Accredited MSc• BPS web site lists these in different
applied specialismshttp://www.bps.org.uk/careers/accredited-courses/accredited-courses_home.cfm?frmAction=results&Course_IDs_Selected=&CourseType=PG&Search_Type=NC&OrderBy=NAME&OrderDir=ASC&INSTITUTION_NUMBER=&TRAINING_COMMITTEE=DFPTC
• Eg locallyCoventry University (2)University of Birmingham (3)University of Leicester (2)
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Registration as a Chartered Forensic Psychologist
Step 3 Supervised PracticeShow competence in four core roles:~ 1 Conducting psychological applications and
interventions~ 2 Research~ 3 Communicating psychological knowledge
and advice to other professionals~ 4 Training other professionals in
psychological skills and knowledge… long haul
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Demonstrating competenceusing your experience
• All jobs in HMPS/Probation Psychology~ Job specification listing competences required~ Use experience from work, university, family/social life
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HMPS Job Competences 1 of 3
Three groups, each with four competences
• Working professionally
• Working with others
• Working to achieve results
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HMPS Competences 2 of 3
Achieving a safe and secure environmentPersuading and influencingCaringOrganising and maximising performanceEmbracing changeDeveloping self and others
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HMPS Job Competences 3 of 3
Showing drive and resilienceActing with integrityRespecting othersBuilding relationships and team workingProblem solving and decision makingCommunicating effectively
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You don’t have to be
“a psychologist”
to apply psychology
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You don’t have to be
a forensic psychologist
to do valuable work with offenders
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You could be …
a volunteer mentor, a youth worker, a Social Services community support worker, a social worker, a volunteer Youth Offending Panel member, a YOT worker, on a prison’s Independent Monitoring Board, a drugs worker, a community psychiatric nurse or mental health nurse, educational support worker, a worker with an offenders’ charitable organisation such as Apex Trust, NACRO or SOVA, a prison officer, a prison governor, a police officer , etc
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Big “but….”
• Examine your motives ….
• People don’t stop offending because a well meaning person wants to help them….
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Useful web addresses – BPS and government
• http://www.bps.org.uk/careers/careers_home.cfm
• http://www.justice.gov.uk/• www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk•
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/assets/documents/10003800forensic_psych_info_sheet.doc http://www.niprisonservice.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/information/page/recruitment
• http://www.sps.gov.uk/default.aspx?documentid=1fabe0e7-b570-4f14-a8a6-76f94b0b4d08
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Useful web addresses(Operators of private prisons or secure training centres)
• http://www.kalyxservices.com/index.htm
• http://www.gslglobal.com/career
• http://www.serco.co.uk/markets/homeaffairs/offendermanagement/Index.asp
• www.reboundecd.com
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Useful web addresses(Operators of other forensic units
+ recruitment specialists covering forensic work)
• www.partnershipsincare.co.uk/jobs• www.careprinciples.com/careers.html• http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/• http://www.affinityhealth.co.uk/careers.h
tm• http://www.alphahospitals.co.uk/about.a
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• http://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/about-us/
• http://www.pulsestaffing.co.uk/• http://www.raphaelhealthcare.org.uk
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Useful web addresses- other
jobs.ac.uk some psychology jobs
www.peopleunlimited.co.uknot-for-profit jobs
www.changeitnow.co.ukHMPS senior prison manager programme, closed Sept in 2008 but keep a look out for next year (for those with some management experience)
www.backstop.org.ukjobs in youth and criminal justice
http://www.saferlondonfoundation.org/organises volunteer mentors to work with ex-offenders
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/for mental health jobs – keep looking and explore unpromising job titles
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Useful web addresses – even more
www.do-it.org.uk
Site with voluntary work opportunities – some will have forensic relevance
http://www.rethinking.org.uk/informed/pdf/what.pdf
Booklet about ways of getting involved in the criminal justice system prepared by “Rethinking Crime and Punishment” (RCP), a charitably-funded grant-making organisation which seeks to raise the standard of public debate about the use of imprisonment and other punishments.
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Thank you for your attention…
any questions?