ITV Teams Up With BBC

ITV and the BBC have teamed up in an innovative partnership designed to expand the pool of registered psychologists with experience of working in television.

Together, ITV and the BBC have developed a continuing professional development programme which has been accredited by the British Psychological Society. HCPC registered practitioner psychologists from a wide range of backgrounds are invited to apply via LinkedIn. The closing date is Friday 10th February.

The programme is designed to introduce more psychologists into the world of broadcasting and television and train them to become eligible to support ITV and BBC programmes in their duty of care to contributors.

The programme will give successful applicants an overview of the production/broadcasting industry through a masterclass, as well as on-set visits to introduce them to the processes of television production for up to two days. In addition to this, subject to production availability, selected candidates have up to three days of applied professional practice supporting a production, under the supervision of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

The psychology experts who have successfully completed the programme will be added to both broadcasters’ pools of approved psychologists eligible to support productions. The programme has been devised by Dr Matthew Gould for ITV and Occupational Psychologist Julie Freeborn for the BBC. Both continue to work alongside programme-makers to evolve the duty of care measures in place at ITV and the BBC.

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