| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Psychology |
| Credits: | 60 [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 1,200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Modular - June Start (M11)
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRA 0%, CWSI 0%, CWVI 0%, PRPR 0% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Oral or recorded presentation on placement (CWVI 0%)
- Reflective placement report (CWRA 0%)
- Logbook (CWSI 0%)
- End of placement appraisal (PRPR 0%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, you will be able to:
- Evidence application of ethical practice and codes of conduct in a forensic setting.
- Demonstrate a range of transferable skills, including interpersonal, professional, and problem-solving skills.
- Engage in the development/ facilitation of assessments, formulations, and interventions, as appropriate/ relevant for the placement setting.
- Engage effectively in supervision and critical self-reflection.
- Demonstrate intellectual, psychological, and scientific skills in a practical context.
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| Synopsis: | Develop skills as a scientist-practitioner by working closely with a psychologist or other suitably qualified professional in a forensic setting.
You'll be able to put into practice some of the methods and theories that you have learnt during the course and build your professional skills.
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| Content: | The unit will provide opportunities to work alongside a psychologist or other suitably qualified professional in a forensic setting. As well as gaining an understanding of the role of psychology in forensic settings, the unit will focus on developing key transferrable skills applicable to a clinical setting (e.g., interpersonal skills, communication, teamwork, professionalism and time management). The unit will involve developing core skills in reflective practice, evidence-based practice and personal development, whilst expanding upon knowledge and experience with ethical principles and practices within professional forensic settings.
This unit particularly covers the BPS curriculum areas:
- Legal and Criminal Justice context (e.g., Criminal and civil justice systems, Courts, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Assessment and Formulation (appropriate to placement context)
- Interventions (e.g., working with offenders, victims, families and other stakeholders)
- Different client groups (e.g., individuals across the lifespan, males and females, different types of offenders/at-risk individuals and victims)
- Variety of forensic settings (e.g., court, secure settings, prisons, community services, charities)
- Advice and consultancy (e.g., formulation, safeguarding, risk assessment)
- Development and training (e.g., leadership, supervision, reflective practice, therapeutic boundaries, working with organisations)
- Plus, development of BPS Core Skills:
- Identifying and developing skills and capabilities relevant to forensic psychology practice
- Applying relevant ethical, legal and professional practice frameworks and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries
- Using a range of techniques (and possibly research methods) applicable to psychological enquiry (e.g., an audit)
- Communicating effectively (verbally and non-verbally)
- Critically reflecting on and synthesising all of the above to inform developing a professional identity as a trainee forensic psychologist
- Development of skills in critical self-reflection
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| Course availability: |
PS52043 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Psychology
- THPS-AWM31 : MSc Applied Forensic Psychology with Placement
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