Notices

CHANGES TO THE DIPLOMA IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

From 1 March 2010 the Diploma in Forensic Psychology will be renamed the Qualification in Forensic Psychology (Stage 1) and the Qualification in Forensic Psychology (Stage 2). Please see the Forensic Psychology page for more details.

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CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AS A SUPERVISOR/CO-ORDINATOR OF TRAINING

As you will be aware the current Candidate Handbooks for the Society’s Postgraduate Qualifications state that Supervisors/Co-Ordinators of Training need to be Chartered XX Psychologists (with XX being the area of psychology ie Counselling, Forensic, Health etc). However when the Practitioner Psychologist Section of the Health Professions Council’s Register opened on 1 July 2009 this changed the situation.

Specific titles have been protected by the HPC and the term Chartered XX Psychologist no longer exists. For the sake of ease the area of forensic psychology will be used as the example. The term Forensic Psychologist is now the protected title for anyone who is practising in the field of forensic psychology and registered with the HPC. The HPC Standards of Education and Training require that trainees on HPC approved qualifications must be supervised by someone on the relevant Section of the HPC Register. This being the case any Supervisor for a candidate on the Diploma in Forensic Psychology would need to fulfil the following criteria:

a) Be a Chartered Member of the Society

b) Be a Full Member of the Division of Forensic Psychology

c) Be on the Practitioner Psychologist Section of the HPC Register as a Forensic Psychologist

The Candidate Handbooks are currently being updated for each qualification to show these changes and these will be launched early in 2010. Further details will be posted on this website and communicated to candidates directly in due course.

In the meantime please continue with your qualification using the Candidate Handbook that you currently have.