Career prospects
You will be able to use this course for many different career opportunities. These include:
- Roles in relevant policy-related areas, including positions in mental health advocacy groups nationally and internationally, professional regulatory organisations and government departments in the UK or overseas.
- For clinical practitioners, professional development to support promotion, or to take your career in a more specialist direction in clinical management, education or research;
- For legal practitioners, opportunities for specialisation in mental health and mental capacity law.
- A stepping-stone to a career in clinical psychology or other clinical roles within the NHS or other healthcare settings.
- Possibilities to move into the private sector, such as scientific publishing, human resources, occupational health, management consultancy or roles.
- A stepping-stone to pursue doctoral-level research (PhD or MD(Res)), which may lead into an academic career.