UCL Trainee PWP September 2023

Awesome , I really hope we both get on x

Wishing the best of luck! How is everyone including everything under 3000 characters count? Kinda struggling :/

hey (:

I will be applying for this course too! Struggling with the personal statement though due to the character count!!
I have a BSc psychology and completed a placement year during that so I've got some voluntary experiences . I am currently working as a therapy support worker.

Have you applied to any other coursies/unis? or just UCL?

Good luck!

Honestly it was soo hard but I made sure I got everything relevant fitted in

Yes can relate, btw is it just me that on the referees section: it says that 'no references are required for this course' ? Did the same thing happen to you? Or anyone else? Just making sure

I applied to just UCL as I would like to start in September. I also applied for the Education mental health practitioner PG Dip,

It's quite similar to the PWP course but instead you will be based in schools.

What about you ?

That’s good! Do you think there is a big difference in the roles? Or is it just literally the working environment
I’ve only applied to this course. I’m also interested in MHWP but I’m not sure how the application process works for this one

Hi everyone! I have also applied this year for the PWP at UCL. I had issues with the character count as well, however it gave me the option to either use the template provided or to upload a personal statement if I wanted to make it longer, which I did. Fingers crossed for everyone, good luck xx

Good luck! Im a trainee pwp at essex and know someone who’s doing their training at UCL… UCL are brutal - I think they expect your OSCE straight away. I was given a few months before mine.
it’s a hard course at UCL so all credit to you all

Agree with above about UCL, I'm currently doing the training there and it's tough but the tutors are really supportive and really want you to pass so do try to help as much as they can! I also have a really supportive service and a lot of the PWPs there trained at UCL so they know how it goes and that's been really helpful. I only had to go to UCL 2 days a week during the "intensive" block (first 2 months), but maybe it's different for different services? The OSCE was within the first month which was stressful but there was so much support in the lead up to it and lots of time for role plays and practices that it was scary but kind of glad it was out of the way and we could get going with patients, but that's just my take on it in hindsight!

In terms of UCL getting back to you, expect it to be at least 5-6 weeks, so end of June. They got back to me 5 weeks after the applications closed and had my interview the following week. I started in the February cohort which I think is slightly less competitive/busy so I'd expect a full 6 weeks for this cohort.

I also read above that someone attached their statement so they could write more. I'm really sorry to say that UCL specifically say not to do that in the recruitment pack and that these attached statements won't be read. Therefore it's really important to keep to the character limit they set. I know it's super hard (it took me like a week to write mine, just to keep it within the limit) but if you attached your statement this time it may be worth starting to prepare your statement for the next intake and working on getting it down to the character limit. Who knows, they may feel like being very nice and reading the attached statements anyway but I would be surprised as this is unfair to those who stuck to the character limit. I'd highly recommend following the guidance in the recruitment pack as it walks you through how to complete the application.

And if you don't make it for this intake remember they do two intakes a year! Next one for February 2024 will most likely open in September.

Good luck everyone!

Agree with above about UCL, I'm currently doing the training there and it's tough but the tutors are really supportive and really want you to pass so do try to help as much as they can! I also have a really supportive service and a lot of the PWPs there trained at UCL so they know how it goes and that's been really helpful. I only had to go to UCL 2 days a week during the "intensive" block (first 2 months), but maybe it's different for different services? The OSCE was within the first month which was stressful but there was so much support in the lead up to it and lots of time for role plays and practices that it was scary but kind of glad it was out of the way and we could get going with patients, but that's just my take on it in hindsight!

In terms of UCL getting back to you, expect it to be at least 5-6 weeks, so end of June. They got back to me 5 weeks after the applications closed and had my interview the following week. I started in the February cohort which I think is slightly less competitive/busy so I'd expect a full 6 weeks for this cohort.

I also read above that someone attached their statement so they could write more. I'm really sorry to say that UCL specifically say not to do that in the recruitment pack and that these attached statements won't be read. Therefore it's really important to keep to the character limit they set. I know it's super hard (it took me like a week to write mine, just to keep it within the limit) but if you attached your statement this time it may be worth starting to prepare your statement for the next intake and working on getting it down to the character limit. Who knows, they may feel like being very nice and reading the attached statements anyway but I would be surprised as this is unfair to those who stuck to the character limit. I'd highly recommend following the guidance in the recruitment pack as it walks you through how to complete the application.

And if you don't make it for this intake remember they do two intakes a year! Next one for February 2024 will most likely open in September.

Good luck everyone!