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Psychology Graduates survey |
New routes to psychological professions
Over the past ten years, there has been increasing attention paid to the mental health of many different groups of people (e.g., children & young people). From this, a number of government policy documents (e.g., Five Year Forward View for Mental Health) have emphasised the need for more and better mental health services, and an increase in the number of patients able to access these services.
However, the NHS is finding it difficult to recruit many professionals, due to shortages of them. At the same time, these professionals do not always see the NHS as the employer of choice. Also, it has been recognised that university graduates (e.g., in Psychology) would consider a career within the NHS, but find doing so difficult for many reasons such as not knowing which jobs are out there. While not all Psychology graduates will be interested or suitable for careers in healthcare, there is a large group of them who would. Careers for Psychology graduates also need to take into account generational differences in the workplace, and should recognise that current structures and career paths may not be attractive to the millennial generation. Therefore, the NHS is looking at developing new career pathways and roles which are attractive to Psychology graduates like you.
With this in mind, we designed a short 20 minute questionnaire to investigate the following things:
However, the NHS is finding it difficult to recruit many professionals, due to shortages of them. At the same time, these professionals do not always see the NHS as the employer of choice. Also, it has been recognised that university graduates (e.g., in Psychology) would consider a career within the NHS, but find doing so difficult for many reasons such as not knowing which jobs are out there. While not all Psychology graduates will be interested or suitable for careers in healthcare, there is a large group of them who would. Careers for Psychology graduates also need to take into account generational differences in the workplace, and should recognise that current structures and career paths may not be attractive to the millennial generation. Therefore, the NHS is looking at developing new career pathways and roles which are attractive to Psychology graduates like you.
With this in mind, we designed a short 20 minute questionnaire to investigate the following things:
- Your career aspirations
- Your opinions on further training
- How much you know about the opportunities available to you
- What you would expect out of a graduate job
- What you think about working in the NHS
- Any barriers you see to getting an NHS job
Your responses will be used to help us consider how Psychology graduate jobs can be improved, in line with the NHS Five Year Forward Plan for Mental Health. If you have any questions about how we will use this data, please contact bradley.boardman@lancashirecare.nhs.uk