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9780335222223

What to do with your psychology degree

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  • ISBN13:

    9780335222223

  • ISBN10:

    0335222226

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-08-01
  • Publisher: Open University Press
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Summary

Whether you are planning to pursue a career within the psychology profession or wondering how best to apply the skills you have gained during your psychology studies to another vocation, this practical book will help you to explore the many avenues open to you.Based on a survey of over 400 UK psychology graduates,What to do with your Psychology Degreeprovides real life information on some of the many occupations and careers open to psychology graduates, ranging from jobs in health, therapy and education to private sector roles in marketing, public relations or the media. By encouraging readers to think laterally about their transferable skills, the authors outline 60 career profiles that are directly and indirectly related to the discipline of psychology. For each occupation the book outlines: The main tasks and challenges involved Personality attributes that are suited to the job Skills needed Further training and qualifications that may be required Voluntary work placement, part-time, and casual job opportunities Links to websites with further information including current vacancies For any psychology graduate, this book is the most practical resource available on career choices; whether you are embarking on your first job or looking for a change of career, this book is essential reading.

Author Biography

Dr Matthew McDonald is Director of Sense of Direction a career development and counselling consultancy. He has lectured in psychology at Roehampton University, UK, the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and most recently the Graduate School of Psychology, Assumption University, Thailand. Matthew has published widely in the popular press on his work in career development and counselling, as well as in scientific journals on his research in existential-humanistic psychology.

..Dr Susmita Das is Co-director of Sense of Direction, and a careers adviser for the Careers Group at Kings College London, UK. Susmita has published articles on career development and counselling in national newspapers, magazines and professional journals..

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
What kind of work is right for you?p. 3
How to get your ideal job and be successful at itp. 5
What employers are looking for in a potential employeep. 7
How to market yourself to get your ideal jobp. 9
How to use this bookp. 10
Occupations in mental health and therapyp. 15
Mental health workerp. 15
Counselling psychologistp. 17
Tutor for autistic childrenp. 20
Assistant psychologistp. 23
Clinical psychologistp. 25
Forensic Psychologistp. 28
Mental health care assistantp. 31
Counsellor/psychotherapistp. 34
School counsellorp. 37
Creative arts therapistp. 39
Neuropsychologistp. 42
Occupational therapistp. 44
Graduate primary care mental health workerp. 47
Catherine Farr, forensic psychologistp. 49
Alison Roberts, graduate primary care mental health workerp. 50
Occupations in the communityp. 52
Social workerp. 52
Floating support officerp. 54
Helpline officerp. 57
Learning disability support workerp. 59
Health psychologistp. 61
Housing adviserp. 64
Volunteer centre officerp. 66
Mediation officer for young people at risk of homelessnessp. 68
Connexions personal adviserp. 71
Employment adviserp. 73
Probation officerp. 75
Welfare rights officerp. 78
Youth workerp. 80
Drug and alcohol adviserp. 82
Police officerp. 85
Mental health and well-being adviserp. 88
Mental health policy officerp. 90
Rachel Maslen, mediation officer for young people at risk of homelessnessp. 93
Brian Hancock, police officerp. 94
Occupations in educationp. 95
Special needs teacher's assistantp. 95
Special educational needs teacherp. 97
School teacherp. 100
University lecturer in psychologyp. 102
Educational Psychologistp. 105
Sport and exercise psychologistp. 109
Research assistant/officer (psychology)p. 111
Outdoor education instructorp. 114
Basic skills and IT teacher in a specialist collegep. 117
Sam Coster, research fellowp. 119
Jenny Morgan, basic skills teacherp. 120
Occupations in organisations and the private sectorp. 122
Human resources officerp. 122
Equality and diversity officerp. 125
Training and development officerp. 127
Health and safety adviserp. 130
Occupational psychologistp. 132
Public relations officerp. 135
Fund raising officerp. 138
Market researcherp. 140
Recruitment consultantp. 143
Careers adviserp. 146
Sales executivep. 148
Events managerp. 151
Science writer/journalistp. 153
Web designerp. 156
Information analystp. 159
Human-computer interaction consultant (ergonomist, human factors)p. 161
Advertising media plannerp. 164
Social researcherp. 166
Information officerp. 169
Life coachp. 172
Consumer psychologistp. 174
Afolabi Sanaike, occupational psychologistp. 177
Michelle Smith, market researcherp. 177
Indexp. 179
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