Becoming a Clinical Psychologist who works with people with intellectual disabilities
The Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities (FPID) are very concerned about the current recruitment crisis for Clinical Psychologists in Learning Disability services.
10 August 2023
We know that many specialist learning disability services are struggling to recruit Clinical Psychologists at various levels of seniority.
As such, services are often under staffed and under resourced. This results in gaps to services and delays in accessing services for people with learning disabilities and adds to the health inequalities experienced by this population.
We are passionate about changing this and have been working to find ways to highlight the wonderful work that can be done by psychologists in learning disability services and the positive impact this can have on service users and carers.
We are also highlighting why addressing this issue is essential to prevent further discrimination and health inequalities to people with learning disabilities as they have a right to access services as anyone else can.
As part of this work, we have created a set of videos to highlight the kinds of work that is done in LD psychology services, the impact this can have on service users and to share our positivity about the work we do.
The videos are primarily aimed at those who are considering becoming a Clinical Psychologist or those already in training to be a Clinical Psychologist to promote the LD speciality as a fantastic place to work.
Please share the videos far and wide!