Placement Set-Up, Schedule and Charts

All placements need to have a contract set up and the contract needs to be handed into the course within 4 weeks of the start date of the placement.

See detailed placement guidelines including: an overview of the competences trainees need to acquire through training; information about placement content and learning outcomes; expectations common to all placements and placement content in specific service settings 

See basic contract template with guidance on what components make up a contract 

See DCP special interest group guidelines on what a contract for a child placement should contain

See DCP special interest group guidelines on what a contract for an LD should contain

See DCP special interest group guidelines on what a contract for an OA should contain

• See placement days and work pattern for all 3 years
• See placement start and end dates as well as paperwork dates for all years

There are some requirements that are common to all placements and that all trainees/supervisors/staff should be aware of.

Days on placement/placement study

There are certain basic requirements about number of days and pattern of study leave across placement 

• See further information re days on placement and pattern of study leave

Workload

All trainees are expected to have a workload equivalent to 8 cases in an adult mental health setting.

• See information on how this might translate in other services

Leave Arrangements

Below are details of leave arrangements for home fee and international self funded trainees:

• See information re annual leave

Annual Leave Forms are downloadable from the Annual Leave Monitoring tab under Useful Forms

Travel

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• See information on claiming travel expenses for home fees trainees only
• See information on travel expenses in relation to oyster travel cards for home fees trainees only.
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Service user involvement

All trainees have to have had some meaningful contact with services user groups/representatives who have a consultative role. This needs to happen on at least two placements.

• See guidance re service user involvement on placement

Leadership Skills

Information on developing leadership skills on placement; suggestions for trainees and supervisors:

• See guidance on developing leadership skills on placement

All placements need to have a contract set up and the contract needs to be handed into the course within 4 weeks of the start date of the placement.

See detailed placement guidelines including: an overview of the competences trainees need to acquire through training; information about placement content and learning outcomes; expectations common to all placements and placement content in specific service settings 

See basic contract template with guidance on what components make up a contract 

See DCP special interest group guidelines on what a contract for a child placement should contain

See DCP special interest group guidelines on what a contract for an LD should contain

See DCP special interest group guidelines on what a contract for an OA should contain

• See placement days and work pattern for all 3 years
• See placement start and end dates as well as paperwork dates for all years

New Supervisor Workshop Slides

UCL run supervision workshops jointly with Royal Holloway University of London and University of East London. The new supervisor workshop gives information on how to set up and run a placement and provides the first part of accredited supervisor training. For slides from this workshop click here. For dates of this and other workshops click here.

Supervisor competence framework

Guidelines for academic work conducted on placement

As part of their course requirements, trainees conduct two different types of academic work while they are on placement; case reports and service related research projects.

It is often useful for supervisors to be able to see the guidelines for these:

Click here for case report guidelines

Click here for service related research guidelines.