Registers accredited by the Professional Standards Authority
British Psychological Society
Visit website: https://www.bps.org.uk/
The British Psychological Society runs the Wider Psychological Workforce register of Wellbeing Practitioners and Associate Psychologists.
The British Psychological Society runs the Wider Psychological Workforce register of Wellbeing Practitioners and Associate Psychologists, and is responsible for the promotion of excellence and ethical practice in the science, education and application of the discipline. Our members working as practitioner psychologists under protected titles are regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council.
When we accredited the BPS we issued the following Conditions and deadlines for implementation. We will update the status of the Conditions in due course.
You can read the initial accreditation decision or a summary in our snapshot as well as our Impact Assessment August 2022.
| Standard | Condition | Deadline | Status |
| Standard 7 | 1. The BPS should complete its recruitment to its Register Advisory Panel and Complaints Standing Committee without undue delay and should provide reports to the Accreditation team about the following:
a) Update on its recruitment of the Register Advisory Panel Chair
b) Recruitment of other members of the Register Advisory Panel members.
For both reports, the BPS should also provide an update on its recruitment of lay people to its Complaints Standing Committee.
2. The BPS should ensure that Accredited Register status is clearly defined and make clear that it applies to the WPW register (and its registrants) only and not members of its other registers, lists or directories. The BPS should ensure that the Accredited Registers quality mark is only associated with the WPW register and that only registrants on this register use it. | 10 Oct 2022 10 Jan 2023 August 2023 | Condition One has been met. Please see our report here. |
| Standard 10 | 3. The BPS should develop quality assurance mechanisms to ensure that the information on the register remains accurate and up to date. This could include for example regular audit of the public register. 4. The BPS should review the fields it displays on the register. The BPS should consider the introduction of unique IDs so that a member of the public could easily distinguish between two registrants.
5. The BPS should publish its processes for handling registration and renewals. This should include information on the decision makers, and information about its intention to apply policy. | August 2023 August 2023 August 2023 |
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| Standard 11 |
6. We could not observe a complaint hearing as part of our assessment. The BPS must advise the Authority of any complaint hearing so that it may seek consent to observe.
7. The BPS should further develop its processes for handling interim orders The BPS should ensure it is clear how interim orders are reviewed and lifted.
8. Information about complaints should be easy to find. Although there is a microsite for the WPW Register, there should also be clear and easy to find information about how to submit a complaint about a WPW registrant from the main BPS homepage. | August 2023 August 2023 August 2023 | |
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