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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Community Psychology students, graduates and friends,
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On behalf of the APS College of Community Psychologists, we are writing to encourage you to join the College, and to update you
on the latest developments regarding APS College membership and the parallel process of endorsement as a community psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. Please read below and attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As you would know, the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) was introduced on July 1st 2010 for all health professions, including
psychology. Initially, the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council (AHWMC) approved only seven of the nice areas corresponding with the nine APS Colleges for endorsement as areas of specialised practice in psychology, and excluded Community Psychology
and Health psychology from the list for endorsement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">After an energetic 6-month campaign, we were delighted to hear in November that the Ministerial Council finally approved the inclusion
of Health Psychology and Community Psychology as Endorsed Areas of Practice for the Psychology Profession. The announcement stated that ‘Ministers made this decision in light of advice from the Board and key stakeholders concerning the advantages to the public
in being able to identify from the public register of psychologists practitioners with additional qualifications and supervised experience in Health and Community psychology’. The PBA then set up a timeline for transition provisions for registrants who wish
to have an Area of Practice Endorsement in one of these areas notated on the register. The APS subsequently extended the application of the ‘old’ (pre October 2010) rules for membership of these two colleges, to enable anyone who would have qualified for
membership and hence for endorsement with the PBA to apply to join the College by June 9<sup>th</sup> 2011.<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Full membership of the APS Community College under the ’old’ rules requires an APAC-accredited Masters degree in Community Psychology
<b>plus</b> <b>one</b> year of experience that incorporates at least 80 hours of college-specified activities (comprising supervision and/or professional development). There is also a ‘non-standard’ path that might involve negotiating a bridging plan (IBP).
This option may be attractive to experienced psychologists with fourth-year training in Community Psychology who are already full members of APS, since there are still very few psychologists in Australia with formal training or qualifications in this field.
It is also applicable to applicants with a research degree (e.g. PhD) and experience in community psychology. You can find very clear details of how to join at
<a href="http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/ccom/join/">http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/ccom/join/</a>. Please feel free to contact the membership secretary, Catherine D’Arcy, (03)
<span style="color:navy">9757 6261; email: <a href="mailto:catherine.darcy@kchs.org.au" target="_blank">
catherine.darcy@kchs.org.au</a> </span>if you need advice about the application process.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Chicago"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The main reason why this matter is urgent</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> is that this two-month window is an exception to the rules for joining APS colleges, which changed last October to bring
them into line with the PBA requirements for endorsement in an area of specialist practice. So after the
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">June 9<sup>th</sup> deadline,</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> full membership of any APS College will require a Masters degree in the relevant specialisation
</span><b><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;color:red">plus two</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> years of approved supervised experience (or professional doctorate plus one).
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">The options of a non-standard or alternative route to college membership will no longer be available.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Psychologists wishing to receive specialist practice endorsement
on the basis of their membership of the APS Colleges of Community or Health Psychology have until 9<sup>th</sup> June 2011 to complete their applications and lodge these with the APS. The APS will assess these applications in consultation with the College
Membership Committee. Successful applicants will then be eligible to apply to the PBA for area of practice endorsement. So this really is the last chance for anyone without a specific Community Psychology Masters degree. For current students, the new rules
apply to anyone who commenced their postgraduate degree (Masters/Doctorate) in 2011.</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red">Any student who had commenced and was undertaking a higher degree on 30 June 2010 or who was a recent graduate on 30 June
2010 will be permitted to apply for an area of practice endorsement under the ‘old’ rules.</span><span style="font-size:
10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are
<u>not</u> a Member, Associate Member, Affiliate or Student Subscriber of the APS, you can still subscribe to the Community Psychology email discussion list "CommPsych", (for no charge!). Do sign on – it’s a great way to keep in touch with your community psychology
community. just go to <a href="https://lists.curtin.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/commpsych">
https://lists.curtin.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/commpsych</a> and follow the instructions for first-time subscribers. You can also access the Community College’s journal,
<i>The Australian Community Psychologist (ACP) </i>online at <a href="http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/ccom/publications/">
http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/ccom/publications/</a><i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Let’s know if you have any queries on any of the above – it’s complicated! P<b><span style="color:red">lease join us in our celebratory event and information night
on Friday 13<sup>th</sup> (!) May – see notice attached. </span><span style="color:#00B050">(And by the way, we won the battle, so it’s up to everyone who’s eligible to join the college and make the effort worthwhile – our numbers grew by about 10% last year
– let’s see that happen again in 2011)</span></b><span style="color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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color:#00B050"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.95pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black">Heather Gridley</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black">Honorary Fellow<br>
School of Social Sciences and Psychology <br>
Victoria University <br>
PO Box 14428 <br>
Melbourne VIC 8001 <br>
Australia</span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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MOBILE: 0419 113 731 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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