This scheme is for individuals who are fluent Welsh speakers who are interested in applying for clinical psychology training in Wales.

The scheme is open to those who meet the minimum requirements for Clinical Psychology training in Wales. Please see the Clearing House entries for the Welsh training courses for more information about their entry requirements. We require Home Fees Status and can therefore only offer mentorship to individuals who already have this.

The scheme aims to help eligible candidates build their confidence and relevant skills/experience for the process of applying for clinical psychology training. This will involve meeting with a mentor (either a qualified clinical psychologist or trainee clinical psychologist) for up to six sessions. Mentors may be either Welsh speaking / bilingual or English speaking, but all working within Wales.

Mentees are expected to provide feedback on their experiences of the mentoring scheme to support ongoing development of the scheme.

You will be sent 2 feedback surveys throughout the year. The first one is usually sent in March, and the second is usually sent in June.

We really appreciate and value feedback about the scheme from mentees. We are grateful for your time completing the feedback surveys.

It aims to provide mentoring support for aspiring Clinical Psychologists who are fluent Welsh speakers.

- are fluent Welsh speakers

- have already completed a degree conferring graduate basis for chartership (GBC) with the BPS, 

- meet the minimum academic requirements for one of the Welsh DClinPsy programmes (see Clearing House website for details: https://www.clearing-house.org.uk/), and

- have Home Fees Status as this is a requirement for applicants to the Welsh Clinical Psychology Training Programmes.

The Clearing House website contains information about Clinical Psychology training courses in the UK and information about applying for Clinical Psychology training.

Every year, the British Psychological Society (BPS) survey current trainees on Clinical Psychology training courses in the UK. They use the information to create the Alternative Handbook. This aims to provide a flavour of what it is really like to be a trainee clinical psychologist on the different training courses.

The Alternative Handbook 2025-2026 | BPS

https://www.bps.org.uk/dcp-alternative-handbook

The scheme will open for applications in summer 2026 and the link will be found here.

NWCPP, Bangor University LinkedIn page:

We welcome mentors who are either trainee or qualified clinical psychologists. You can be either Welsh/bilingual or English speaking.

Please be aware that mentors are trainee or qualified clinical psychologists. They are therefore often very busy so it is common for there to be a delay before they are able to reply to emails. It may be difficult to arrange time for mentoring sessions at short notice.

We operate 2 closing dates:

• The first closing date (usually early September) allows people who have applied for mentoring to be matched with a mentor sooner. We hope this will allow those who would like to apply for Clinical Psychology training early (and benefit from the reduced fee offered by Clearing House) time to meet with their mentor before the early Clearing House deadline.

• The final closing date (usually early October) allows people who apply for mentoring later to have time to meet with their mentor before the final Clearing House deadline for applications for Clinical Psychology training.