Other things to consider

Checks required when a place is offered

Applicants who are offered a place, must pass appropriate checks before they can start a course. These checks are usually made by the course or the relevant NHS organisation.

Criminal records

Criminal record checks are usually made through the Disclosure & Barring Service (for England and Wales) or Disclosure Scotland.

• Please see the Courses section for any further details provided by individual courses about criminal record checks

The checks may disclose information such as:

• criminal convictions, cautions and other such offences
• other relevant information held on police databases
• information held on barred lists, etc

Health assessments

The health assessment checks whether applicants have a health condition or disability that may require adjustments in the workplace to enable them to train as a clinical psychologist, or that may require restrictions to their role.

The health assessment may include a health declaration (completed by the applicant) and, where appropriate, an assessment by an occupational health practitioner or other suitably trained professional.

• Please see the Courses section for any further details provided by individual courses about health assessments

Other checks

Courses may require other checks to be completed before training can start.

Applicants may need to provide evidence of their identity or status by, for example, providing their 

• passport
• photocard driving licence
• Home Office share code, etc.

Applicants may need to verify their qualifications by, for example, providing

• original certificates and other relevant documents

The applicant's employment and training history may be checked and any gaps may be investigated. Additional references may be collected from current and previous employers/places of study to check

• dates and role of employment/training
• any disciplinary actions or safeguarding issues
• reasons for leaving, etc.

These are examples, and the actual checks required are determined by the course and/or relevant NHS organisation.

• Please see the Courses section for any further details provided by individual courses about other checks