Mission: Creating sustainable alliances between agencies involved in developing the next generation of psychologists through advocacy, collaboration and dialogue.
Goals
A strategic alliance of Psychology Placement Coordinators across NSW and ACT to:
- Develop, maintain and safeguard psychology training opportunities in the field
- Standardise and streamline placement processes
- Safeguard quality of placements
- Improve and simplify communication within consortium and with external agencies
- Centralise data collection regarding field placements in NSW
- Communicate trends, issues, solutions to key stakeholders
- Facilitate partnerships within consortium and with external agencies
Members
NAPC members are made up of Placement Coordinators and program representatives from all APAC-accredited postgraduate psychology training programs within New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Education institutions represented
- Australian Catholic University Strathfield (Clin)
- Australian College of Applied Psychology (MPP, Clin)
- Australian National University (MPP, Clin)
- Charles Darwin University Sydney (Clin)
- Charles Sturt University (MPP, Clin)
- Macquarie University (MPP, Clin, Neuro, Org)
- Southern Cross University (MPP)
- University of Canberra (Clin)
- University of Newcastle (MPP, Clin)
- University of New England (MPP, Clin)
- University of New South Wales (Clin, Forensic)
- University of Sydney (Clin)
- University of Technology Sydney (Clin)
- University of Wollongong (MPP, Clin)
- Western Sydney University (MPP, Clin)
Program types represented
- Professional Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Organisational Psychology
Structure
NAPC is governed by a Central Committee. It has two key Divisions for Clinical Psychology Programs and Professional Psychology Programs.
Central Committee
- Sonja Pohlman (Chair)
- Erika Penney (Clinical Division Lead)
- Sonja Pohlman (Professional Psychology Division Lead)
- Vincent Oxenham (Neuropsychology)
Meetings
NAPC members meet once a year. Both Clinical and Professional Psychology Divisions have additional meetings.
Affiliations
NAPC is affiliated with the Australian Psychology Placement Alliance (APPA).
Contact: Sonja Pohlman (NAPC Chair) — Sonja.Pohlman@newcastle.edu.au
The Placement Review platform is a proud supporter of NAPC.
The Placement Review platform is a proud supporter of NAPC.