A training placement working with homelessness organisations and people with complex lives outside of mainstream mental health services

Abstract

This article describes a trainee clinical psychology placement at the University of Plymouth. The placement sits outside of mainstream NHS mental health services and involves working with homelessness hostel residents, staff, and GP surgery patients in a socially deprived area. I hope the paper might encourage training courses to consider opportunities for placements outside typical contexts. Doing so might help to broaden the training experience and assist in the development of skills otherwise difficult to obtain in mainstream services.