Module Descriptors
PLACEMENT 3 - WORKING WITH COMPLEX NEEDS AND IDEAS / ELECTIVE
PSYC80634
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 8
90 credits
Contact
Leader: Jo Heyes
Email: Joanna.Heyes@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 0
Independent Study Hours: 900
Total Learning Hours: 900
Assessment
  • CLINICAL COMPETENCE EVALUATION 1 weighted at 50%
  • CLINICAL COMPETENCE EVALUATION 2 weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
- Psychology, politics and the law
- Working with risk
- Advanced communication skills
- Working with an interpreter/mediator
- Psychological understanding of, and working with, trauma
- Competencies not already acquired
- Preparation for being qualified
- Professional issues - Clinical Governance, CPD etc
Module Learning Strategies
Participants spend a minimum of 128 days undertaking supervised clinical practice within a range of human service settings. During this time there are opportunities to learn through modelling and feedback & participants are also encouraged to integrate clinical experience with academic and research material and to develop more specialised areas of interest. The 'Elective' component of the clinical practice means that trainees may choose the locality / service as long as they can demonstrate to their Appraisal Tutor that the necessary competencies (LO1 & LO3) can be acquired.
Module Texts
HPC Handbooks
BPS Code of Conduct
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Entry requirements for the DClinPsy programme
Module Resources
Computer with Internet access
Programme textbooks and learning materials as suggested
Module Additional Assessment Details
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment:

2 x Evaluation of Clinical Competence (50% each). Addresses outcomes 1 - 3
Students must pass both elements of assessment in order to pass the module