Educational Psychologists in Northern Ireland

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Educational Psychologists in Northern Ireland

• Initial Training Doctorate

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Training of Educational Psychologists

• Three year Initial Training Doctorate.
• At Queens University this is called the
  Doctorate in Educational Child and Adolescent
  Psychology.
• Applicants are expected to have experience in
  schools and/or other settings where children and
  young people are offered services (see our
  website http//www.psych.qub.ac.uk/ProspectiveStud
  ents/PostgraduateStudies/DECAP/WorkExperience/inde
  x.aspx

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Entry Requirements (1)

• Applicants must have ,or expect to have before
  enrolling for the I.T.D. course, at least an
  upper second class (21) honours degree in
  psychology, or the equivalent.

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Entry Requirements (2)

• Eligibility for the Graduate Basis for
  registration (GBR) of The British Psychological
  Society by September 2006 To be eligible for GBR
  you must have either
  
• Undertaken a qualification in psychology
  (usually a Bachelor (Honours) degree) which has
  been approved by the BPS as conferring the
  Graduate Basis for Registration or
• Passed the Societys Qualifying Examination
  
• or
• Undertaken an appropriate Society approved
  conversion course.

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Entry Requirements (3)

• Be able to demonstrate that you have gained
  relevant experience with children and young
  people (0-19 age range) within educational,
  childcare health or community settings

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Examples

• Volunteer work in classrooms with children and
  young people
• Befriending systems such as Praxis
• Working with individuals or groups with ASD
  diagnosis
• Counselling services such as Samaritans/Nightline
• Classroom assistant/literacy support
• Summer Schemes

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Applicants are rated on

• Intellectual Ability
• Personal Qualities
• Readiness for Training
• Application forms are scored to make the number
  of interviews offered more manageable.
• Both interviews are scored for selection.

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Shortlisting and Selection

• Since many applicants will meet minimum criteria,
• shortlisting/selection will depend on applicants
• meeting criteria at higher level.
• Successful applicants will be funded by Dep
  Education (N.I.) and will be expected to work
  in Northern Ireland for two years following
  qualification.
• A full driving licence, unless prevented for
  health or disability reasons.

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Interviews (12)

• 1. The academic research interview- applicant
  will make a brief presentation, which should
  summarise the key points and make a critique of a
  journal article. Applicants will receive the
  journal article 30 minutes prior to interview.

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Interviews (1 2)

• 2.The educational-personal interview will involve
  applicants answering questions on a case/
  educational vignette, which will have been given
  30 minutes prior to this interview.
• Group discussion may/ may not be added .

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Equal Opportunities

• An equal opportunities policy is adopted in
  relation to selection.
• Applications are invited from eligible candidates
  regardless of gender, marital status, dependency,
  age, disability, sexual orientation ,ethnic
  origin, perceived religious affiliation or
  political opinion.

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Training Salary

• Year 1 15,000
• Year 2 15,000
• Year 3 15,000
• Annual conference allowance 750
• This salary is tax free due to special tax
  concession and below the threshold of student
  loan repayment schemes.

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Application Forms

• All Details will appear on the web page
• www psych.qub.ac.uk
• Closing Date 20th February 2009
• Interviews dates not yet settled. Keep an eye
  on the web-site.

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The Curriculum Year 1Children and Young People
in Schools

• Focus is largely on education and in particular
  special educational needs.
• Research and Enquiry begins
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• Four modules Trainees must pass all four modules
  to proceed into 2nd Year

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The Curriculum Year 2Children and their families-

• The focus is on mental health issues with
  particular reference to vulnerable groups
• Research and Enquiry continues
• Small scale research
• Larger scale research

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The Curriculum Year 3Adolescence and mental
health

• Focus is on adolescents and mental health within
  community settings.
• Research and Enquiry concludes

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DECAP The spiral curriculum
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The 8 Key Professional Competences
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The 8 Key Professional Competences
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Placements

• Opportunity to work in Education and Library
  Boards and in other statutory/voluntary settings.
• Placements can be anywhere in Northern Ireland
• Some placements may be available outside N. I.
• Approximately 50 of training is
  teaching/study/research and 50 is placement.
• Generic EP service, multi-agency, equality and
  diversity, elective, voluntary sector

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Current work of Educational Psychology Services

• Statutory work formal assessment
• Inset (Adhd/ Dyslexia /Loss and change/Emotional
  literacy/Special Needs
• Projects such as Bereavement Support/Critical
  Incidents
• Behaviour support Teams
• Early Years Specialism/ ASD specialism
• Emotional Literacy/Parenting Projects

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EP ROLE contd.

• Consultancy work
• Multi disciplinary work/Child development Clinics
• Working Parties- Dyslexia/Acquired Brain Injury/
  Development Co-ordination Disorder
• Counselling/ work with families

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• Starting Salary (under review)
• 31000
• Opportunities for progression to Senior
  Specialist Posts/Senior Management
  Psychologist/Principal Educational Psychologist/
  Education Administration Posts/Professional and
  Academic Tutor Posts

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Achieving small and usually unheralded
achievements

• Do all the good you can,
• By all the means you can,
• In all the ways you can,
• In all the places you can,
• At all the times you can,
• To all the people you can,
• As long as ever you can.
• (words attributed to John Wesley)