Work Experience in Clinical Psychology

As Clinical Psychology is highly competitive I’m hoping to get some work experience over summer this year, but due to the nature of the subject its hard for a undergraduate student to get work experience that relates directly to clinical psychology. Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions, as at the moment my main options seem to be volunteer work on helplines.

There won't be much directly relevant experience (such as working as an Assistant Psychologist) you can get before finishing your BSc. You could look for roles that involve working with the types of people Psychologists work with, for example, people with mental health problems, learning disabilities, addictions, etc. I started out as a support worker for adults with learning disabilities.

Helping roles like you mentioned are also good experience, so those kinds of volunteer roles could also be a good option. You could also look for roles in youth work, mentoring, tutoring, 'buddy' roles etc. When I was doing my BSc, I also managed to find a psychology professor who let me volunteer as a research assistant for him (this took a lot of pestering and looking around!).

As Clinical Psychology is highly competitive I’m hoping to get some work experience over summer this year, but due to the nature of the subject its hard for a undergraduate student to get work experience that relates directly to clinical psychology. Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions, as at the moment my main options seem to be volunteer work on helplines.