Webinar Details

Career progression is a significant challenge in clinical psychology and mental health services given ethnic inequality, social inequality and discrimination in the UK. Recognising under-representation in the trajectory of education and employee recruitment matters, because such barriers curtail the social mobility and future social influence of disadvantaged and marginalised groups. This perpetuates the influence of socially dominant groups, and continues to prohibit meaningful change in the profession.  This webinar will explore some of the challenges facing aspiring, trainee and qualified clinical psychologists through their career trajectory. The webinar will help attendees to connect to these challenges, taking an individual and structural perspective.

About the presenters

Dr Nargis Islam is Senior Clinical Tutor on the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Training at University of East London, Co-Chair of the BPS Committee for Training in Clinical Psychology (CTCP), and is a member of the ACP-UK’ s EDI Committee. Dr Annette Schlösser works as Academic Coordinator on the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Training at Hull, is DCP Lead for Membership and CPD, and DCP Chair Yorkshire and Humber branch.

Nargis and Annette met each other at a Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology conference in Belfast, and bonded over breakfast discussions on inequality in the profession. They have written about, and delivered workshops and training on inclusive leadership and career progression ever since.