Psychology work placement programme

log and reflection

Name of student ______Email______Phone______

Organisation: ______Role:______

Contact Person: ______Phone:______

Email: ______Dates of experience:______

When undertaking a work experience, you will no doubt undertake tasks outlined in a job description. In addition, consider what skills or knowledge you will like to develop as part of the work experience and list them below. Revisit these objectives throughout your work experience to ensure that you are achieving them.

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During the work experience – use the space below to note things that stood out for you. Make notes on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

Towards the end of your work experience, reflect back on what you have learned by answering the following question.

1.Describe the project or duties that you were given as well as necessary tasks.

2.Describe how you undertook the project to include the plan you outlined, how you collected information and/or resources, difficulties you encountered, etc.

3.How did you meet your personal objectives?

4.What was good about your work experience?

5.What aspect of your work could have improved?

6.How did you feel about your performance? Could you have improved it in any way?

7.How did your supervisor evaluate your performance? Did you feel that his/her assessment was fair?

8.Describe you achievements i.e., what has been the impact of your work on the organisation?

9.What did you learn from the experience?

10.How has your experience changed or developed your ideas about your future career?

11.Finally, we are doing an evaluation of this pilot, to find out the extent to which the Psychology Work Placement Programme is achieving its aims.

This page will be removed from your reflection log above, and will be treated anonymously for analysis. You do not need to complete this if you do not want to, but it would be very helpful to us in deciding whether or not to continue with the programme.

We would be pleased if you would kindly indicate your level of agreement with each of the following statements, by TICKINGONE BOX ON EACH ROW.

As a result of this work placement, I believe:

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1 / Disagree
2 / Neither agree nor disagree
3 / Agree
4 / Strongly agree
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I can now write a better personal statement /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp1
I am more confident about approaching employers for work /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp2
I have a better idea about the direction I want my career to go in /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp3
I have new work-related skills to enter into my CV /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp4
I have proved to an employer that I am reliable and trustworthy /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp5
I can work independently with minimal support /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp6
I can take responsibility in a team and report my progress appropriately to my seniors /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp7
An employer can trust me to do the tasks they give me /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp8
I am able to manage my own time at work, in order to achieve the targets I am given /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp9
I am interested in volunteering for charities in the future /  /  /  /  /  / Pwp10