Career opportunities: working as a psychologist
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Prison Psychologist
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Health Psychologist
Duties
Assessment of the needs and priorities for promoting health
Diagnosis of personality traits and assessment of individual traits, psycho-social resources, and the needs and expectations of people of different ages
Counselling and psychological support for hospital patients, their families and medical staff employed in these facilities
Planning, implementing and assessing tools, projects and programmes for promoting health
Individual and group supervision work for health care workers
Place of work
Public facilities (National Health Service)
Local and regional authorities (education and social services)
Cooperatives offering social, education and health care services
Private firms and associations (freelancing)
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Sport Psychologist
Duties
Assessment of mental-physical, motivational and personality traits of sports people and diagnostic assessment
Individual and group advice about training and racing
Counselling for athletes to help them develop strategies for overcoming obstacles
Support of coaches and trainers
Planning, implementing and assessing sports education programmes to improve health and well-being
Place of work
Primary and secondary schools
Children’s and young people’s social-health care services
Professional sports clubs
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Guidance Counsellor
Duties
Assessment of people’s interests, aptitudes, knowledge and skills during various stages in their development
Planning and implementing self-assessment and training programmes
Individual and group counselling to prevent demotivation
Planning exercising and tools for assessing the effectiveness of guidance and support
Support for young people or adults entering education or employment
Place of work
Middles schools as part of guidance-focused programmes in partnership with listening groups
Universities, in offices offering job placement and guidance services
Bodies and associations offering career guidance and information services
Public and private institutes and residential communities offering services focused on bringing out the potential in individuals and groups
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Marketing and Communication Psychologist
Duties
Planning and carrying out psycho-social and motivational surveys
Assessment of the impact of advertising and communication campaigns
Consultancy about persuasive processes, means of communication, and segmentation within the wider public
Creation and ratification of quantitative and qualitative survey tools
Assessment of the accessibility and usability of Web products
Research work
Place of work
Information offices
Business and marketing offices
Multi-disciplinary consultancy companies
Private firms and associations (freelancing)
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Industrial, Organisational and Human Resources Psychologist
Duties
Recruiting, assessment and guidance
Training and development
Marketing and consumer behaviour
Work, health and well-being conditions
Teamwork, organisation and development of human resources, management and leadership
Place of work
Public and private companies
Public administration offices
Private organisations and institutes work in the social sector
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Training psychologist
Duties
Assessment of individual educational needs and carrying out tests
Analysis, planning and implementation of basic educational programs catering for individual needs
Assessment of individual learning styles and strategies
Assessment of individual skills
Carrying out psycho-social research and research-action projects related to educational practices within organisations
Place of work
Public and private professional training centres
Job centres (employment services)
Human resources and training departments of public authorities
Freelancer for consultancy companies involved in training
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Legal and Forensic Psychologist
Duties
Psychological issues related to legal matters
Aid for people involved in court cases (defendant, plaintiff, complainant, witness…)
Study and support for convicted parties
Understanding the psychological effects of rules and regulations and their enforcement
Place of work
Research centres and universities
Public social-health care facilities
Freelance consultancy
Lawcourts
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Emergency Psychologist
Duties
Assessment and diagnosis
Assessment of psycho-social resources, needs and expectations of communities, groups and people, and diagnosis
Support projects
Planning and implementing support projects for managing everyday life in emergency recovery cases
Implementation, monitoring and assessment of information and support services for victims of traumatic events to help develop resilient responses
Consultancy in organising recovery centres
Place of work
Public facilities (National Health Service) and Hospital Emergency Departments
Police Service
Armed Forces
118 (Emergency Service)
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Educational Psychologist
Duties
Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of minors and the causes of conflict in their relations with the social-school environment
Analyses and action taken in schools to tackle problems of cognitive, social and emotional adaptation and transgressive-deviant behaviour
Diagnosis of specific learning issues (attention, hyperactivity, etc.) and action taken to combat them
Advising, training and updating school staff and teachers
Research work and proposals to solve problems in organising educational services
Place of work
Schools and educational guidance and professional training centres
Local authorities and children’s social-health care services
Residential communities for adolescents and young people
Study and Research Centres (public and private)
Universities
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Community Psychologist
Duties
Using and interpreting survey/assessment tools
Protecting the physical and mental-social health of people in different age groups
Developing competent communities
Identifying collective social hazards
Training social-health care workers in various fields
Research, experimentation and teaching work focused on specific skills in this field, in accordance with Law 56/1989
Place of work
Public facilities (National Health Service)
Local and regional authorities
Cooperatives offering clinical, social, educational, rehabilitation and health-social support services
Private practices
Study and Research Centres (public and private)
Universities
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Clinical Psychologist
Duties
Diagnosis and assessment of personal and psycho-social traits
Rehabilitation work (individual and group)
Treatment for emotional disorders, difficulties in personal relations and substance addiction
Clinical research in various realms of intervention and for different types of illnesses
Place of work
Public facilities (National Health Service)
Local and regional authorities
Cooperatives offering clinical, social, educational, rehabilitation and health-social support services
Private practices
Study and Research Centres (public and private)
Universities