Court Skills for Social Workers Courses And Live Zoom Sessions
Court Skills for Social Workers – Full Course
Welcome to Court Skills for Social Workers.
This course is designed by legal and social work experts and will give you the skills and confidence to stand up in court.
It will:
- Explain the family court system and your role in it.
- Give you an overview of the law you need to know to be success in court
- Drill down into certain parts of the law which, if you apply them in your daily casework should give you a clear way of thinking about your cases and crucially will help you confidence when dealing with other professionals in your day to day work.
- Highlight the importance of record keeping and decision making and how this impacts court hearings and outcomes.
- Equip you for all court hearings by showing you how courts work, what they need, who the other people are in a family court and crucially how social workers fit into the system.
- Give you the confidence and self-belief to stand up in any court room – you are equal professionals in this environment!
You can also access parts of the full course separately as standalone learning. For example: If you have a specific concern about appearing in court you can access that particular learning
Introduction to Court Skills for Social Workers
In this learning, you’ll start to build your confidence in your role as a social worker. You’ll learn about where social workers fit into the family court system including the law that applies in these proceedings including S31 Care Act Orders; Emergency Protection Orders.
You will also learn about who else is in the court, their backgrounds, their professional experience and why social workers are a key professional component of any family court hearing.
Family Court Proceedings, Orders, significant harm and Welfare Checklist
This learning takes you through all of the main family court orders that a social worker is likely to be involved in. This includes Emergency Protection Orders; Interim Orders; The Public Law Order (PLO) process; S31 Care and Supervision Orders.
The learning also takes a deep dive into what significant harm is and the courts approach to determine whether a child is at risk of significant harm and the welfare checklist.
What courts need from social workers: Evidence
This learning will give you a deep understanding of what the courts expect of social workers.
It focuses on learning what evidence is (primary, secondary and expert evidence), the courts’ attitude to it and how the courts’ judge who is an expert (including social workers)
Preparing for court
This learning will take you through the key parts of writing witness statements and gives you everything you need to do before you go to court including the help legal services can provide, and how you can work out some of the questions you will be asked in cross-examination
Social workers - a key and equal profession
This learning gives you an insight into the other professions in any court and looks in detail at what you as social workers bring in your professional capacity. It focuses on how without a social worker the courts simply cannot function as they need to take good decisions
Book A Live Zoom Session
*In order to book a Reflective Session, you would need to have completed the full Court Skills for Social Workers Course.