Forensic Psychology

As the Masters in UCC is not recognised by the BPS, is it possible to go onto stage 2 of chartership in Britain?

Thanks for your reply. I am interested in the course in UCC, but am a little anxious as the syllabus seems to be different than that required of the BPS, but I may be misunderstanding it.

Is the course running next year? I heard a rumour it was not.

Hi,

I know all of the related posts here about forensic psychology were a few years ago now, but i was wondering if anyone knows whether or not anything has changed since then? Is UUC or the open university the only pkaces that it can be done as a postgrad course? Is it still definately necessary to go to England for experinece in the field? and does it appear to be a transferable postgraduate course that could be applied to other careers if you decided to change direction a few years down the line?

Any info or help would be appreciated.

Hi Olivia,
I am currently doing the doctorate in Nottingham. I would advise you to look at this and the one in Birmingham as they qualify both stages 1 and 2 of the BPS diploma. Kate is perfectly correct about how difficult it is to get opportunities in Forensic Psychology in Ireland at the moment. I did my experience in Dublin at Youthreach with disadvantaged youths who had a history of criminality. I am currently on placement in an adolescent forensic psychiatric hospital so Youthreach was useful experience. If you have any questions I am happy to answer them.
Kevin

Adastra,
I have sent you a pm.

In case anyone is looking for experience as a psychology assistant in the Prison Service. The IPS is recruiting 3 psychology assistants in Arbour Hill through jobbridge.

http://intern.jobbridge.ie/Default.aspx?q=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

The two forensic psychology doctorate programmes in the UK are in Birmingham and Nottingham. In Nottingham there is provision to skip the first year of the course and go straight onto year 2 if you already have an MSc in forensic psych (this is what i did). Where I am working now there are trainees from Birmingham and i do notice quite a few subtle differences between the two courses. The most significant one for some people would be the cost (Brum is approx 1k more expensive per annum). I think the reason for the differences is because the Birmingham course was set up primarily to adhere to the BPS core roles because they had jurisdiction over psychology in the UK at the time. The Nottingham course is more recent and was set up to adhere the the HPC standards of proficiency as they now have jurisdiction over psychology in the UK. There is not too much difference but I suppose it is something to be aware of for anyone contempating going down this career path. I spent 12 months in the UK on placement but now I get to return to Ireland for the next 12 months of placement. I think this is a sign that forensic psychology is slowly starting to be recognised more in Ireland and there may well be greater opportunities to work in forensic psychology in the future To the people who sent me pms I have now replied to all of them - sorry about the delay I am not on the site that often.

Hi everyone,
I am a qualified psychologist from Argentina willing to work as such here in Ireland. I’m 29 years old, living in Limerick since June 2010. It took me all this time to settle myself in Ireland, but now I feel confident enough to start moving forward and apply for accreditation of my qualifications with the PSI.
First of all please let me tell you that the psychology career in Argentina takes 5 or 6 years, depending on the university where you attend the courses.......

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I’ve choose to focus my training on the Forensic area.
While you are completing your mandatory amount of courses per year to complete a full academic year, you can also attend post graduated courses ....

In my case I’ve done 4 of this extra courses, all of them in forensic psychology

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I completed an internship in the Legal area of the Psychology department, University of Cordoba, Argentina, within the framework of the Youth Probation Service.

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Sorry if I’m making this too long, but I’ve been looking for advice and I found it very difficult so far. I understand that a degree here in Ireland is quite different than what I’ve done.
In Argentina for instance, this degree enables me to start working not only in the Forensic area but also in counseling/psychotherapy or even in the clinical area, of course always under supervision.
I haven’t registered myself with the statutory body in Argentina, because shortly after graduating I decided to move to Ireland.
I’m afraid that if I apply my documentation to the undergraduate department at PSI I’ll get them validated as an Irish degree level, which would be a bit disappointing considering I’ve been in college for almost 8 years.
I have sent all my documents to UL and they have told me I can join their courses directly at a master’s level. But then this brings me to another question: what master to do? Especially considering the lack of Forensic related courses. And even if there was a course on this area, then where will I be able to work as a Forensic psychology in Limerick? Everything I’ve read about being a psychologist in Ireland seems to be for Clinical or Educational kind of training…

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I will welcome opinions, suggestions, anything that might give me an idea of where am I standing with all the above.
Thanks a lot on advance for taking the time to read and answer.
Kind regards,

Mary J. wrote: »

Hello,

I have just come across this thread and relaise that the last post was easlier this year. I was therefore wondeirng to anyone pursuing a career in forensic psychology whether they were successful in obtaining a job in Ireland. I am doing my stage 2 training at the moment in the UK however I would love to get a job in Ireland when I qualify, however I never see any advertised for the prison service or the central mental hospital. Can anyone advise?

Mark I understand that you have successfully obtained a forensic psychology qualificationisu and are working in Ireland. Is there any pointers you could provide?

Thank you in anticipation,

Mary

Mary - only just seen your question sorry - no change in the prison service - there have been no further posts advertised in a while. Recruitment has ceased with budget cuts and they're not replacing anyone who leaves. Any posts that have been advertised in last couple of years have been clinical. Usually advertised in Psi. There will more likely be trainee placements until recruitment starts again. You're on the right track getting your stage 2 completed so you are ready to go when jobs advertised.