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New Medicare Telehealth Items under the Better Access to Mental Health Care Initiative Incidence of mental (and other) health issues and inequities in service access in rural communities As is well known, mental health is a significant health issue in Australia with...

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Endorsements

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The Council frequently receives notifications about psychologists misusing protected titles, for example, referring to themselves as a Clinical, Forensic, Clinical Neuropsychologist or Organisational Psychologist, when they have not been endorsed as such. Under the...

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Psychometrics in everyday psychological practice

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Questionnaires, tests, inventories, instruments, and so forth – let’s call them “psychometric instruments”, or simply “instruments” for present purposes, can be useful when working with clients. Their use might be seen as something that differentiates us from our...

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Informed consent

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Obtaining consent from clients prior to providing them with psychological services is a fundamental given. ‘Informed consent’ is a procedure that involves providing clients with comprehensive information about the psychological service and gaining their agreement to...

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Job vacancy - Professional Officer Psychology

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A vacancy exists for a Professional Officer Psychology with the Health Professional Councils Authority to assist the Psychology Council of NSW. Interested psychologists are encouraged to apply: https://healthnswgov.referrals.selectminds.com/moh-int/jobs/professional-...

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Council membership

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This page lists membership vacancies with the Psychology Council of NSW.

Counselling interviews with the Psychology Council - what to expect

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When complaints and notifications about a psychologist are made to the Psychology Council of New South Wales – either by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), practitioners (psychological, medical or other) or clients themselves – one of the...

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Online psychometric assessment instruments

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Online completion of psychometric instruments can be a convenient and time-saving mode of having such instruments administered. The administration will likely also result in the scoring and provision of an interpretive report, possibly a choice of different types of...

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Professional Indemnity Insurance

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Pursuant to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and as per the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration standards, all psychologists who are registered to practice in Australia (including those with provisional registration)...