Speaker:

Elizabeth Isaacs

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Format:

E-Training

Category:

Family

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Author and specialist children law barrister, Elizabeth Isaacs shares practical and best practice advice in relation to assessing case planning, core assessments, care plans and social work decision-making. 

What is included?

• 37 minute audio presentation – you can listen on your computer/laptop, MP3 player/iPod/iPad
• Assessment facility – take a multiple choice test online to gain 1 CPD point
• Family Law CPDtracker – keep track of all your CPD points online

Content and Learning Outcomes

Gain insight into:

• The importance of the factual matrix in assessing whether the local authority have complied with their legal obligations
• The analysis of key decision-making meetings
• Factors for assessment when considering the social workers role, including:
  • qualification and experience
  • level of involvement
  • communication with other professionals
  • context of decision-making
• Factors for consideration when analysing assessments, in particular: 
  • who conducted the assessment
  • the purpose of the assessment
  • timing and context of the assessment
  • planning for the assessment
  • the process for the assessment
  • evaluation of the outcome of the assessment
•  Factors for review in relation to the care plans and case planning

Who Should Listen

Solicitors
Barristers
Legal Executives
Paralegals

Level of Expertise

Introductory

Elizabeth Isaacs Barrister, St Ives Chambers

Elizabeth is a barrister specialising in public and private child law at St Ives Chambers in Birmingham. Prior to becoming a barrister she worked as a child protection social worker for a local authority for 8 years. She has extensive expertise in acting for all parties in complex care proceedings, with a specific interest in cases involving serious injuries, sexual abuse, parents alleged to have fabricated or induced illness, and parents with learning disabilities. She is also highly regarded for her ability to understand disclosure and public interest immunity issues in local authority practice and procedure. She regularly advises local authorities defending applications, or those seeking to bring proceedings for judicial review of decision-making in cases involving children, young people and vulnerable adults. Elizabeth is the co-author of Social Work Decision-Making: A Guide for Childcare Lawyers, new edition due in March 2012, and she has also been commissioned by Jordans as a co-author of a forthcoming book about judicial review and challenging local authorities for family lawyers.

Social Work Decision-Making: A Guide for Childcare Lawyers (2nd Edition)

Under the Solicitors Regulation Authority and ILEX’s Continuing Professional Development Schemes, listening to this audioCPD and completing the online assessment correctly will receive 1 accredited CPD hour. Listening to this audioCPD will receive at least ½ a CPD hour (actual time taken can be claimed). Please quote reference EH/Jord.

Under the Bar Standards Board's New and Established Practitioner Programme, listening to this audioCPD and completing the online assessment correctly will receive 1 accredited CPD hour. Listening to this audioCPD will receive at least ½ a CPD hour (actual time taken can be claimed).

CPD Requirements

Solicitors
The CPD year for solicitors and registered European lawyers (RELs) runs from the 1st of November to 31st of October. Newly qualified solicitors and RELs must undertake one hour of CPD for each complete month worked from the date of admission/registration to 31 October. Those admitted/registered on 1 November will go straight into their first CPD year. The CPD requirement for solicitors and RELs in their first CPD year and thereafter is 16 hours.

At least 25% (4 hours) of the requirement must be met by attending or participating in courses offered by SRA accredited providers.

The remaining 75% (12 hours) of the requirement can be met by undertaking other activities, including listening to an audioCPD and participating in the online assessment. Actual time may be claimed.

Barristers
The CPD year for barristers runs from 1st of January to 31st of December with all returns due by 31st of January in the following year. For established practitioners (barristers who have completed the first three years of practice), a minimum of 12 hours CPD must be completed, of which a minimum of 4 hours must be accredited. AudioCPD can provide you with all 12 hours.

For practitioners in the first three years of practice, a minimum of 45 hours of CPD training must be obtained, of which at least 9 hours must be advocacy related and 3 hours must be ethics related training. Listening to an audioCPD and completing the online assessment will count towards the remaining 33 hours required.

Legal Executives
Fellows are required to undertake a minimum of 16 hours CPD each year, and Members a minimum of 12 hours CPD. Both Fellows and Members must achieve at least half of their CPD in their chosen specialist area. The CPD year runs from 1st of January to 31st December, with 25% of Fellows and Members being randomly selected in March of the following year to submit their logbook to ILEX. Those not selected and contacted by ILEX need not submit their logbook. Listening to an audioCPD and taking the online assessment can provide you with your annual CPD requirement.

A record of all CPD completed with Family Law is maintained online and is accessible to you for two years/until you delete your CPDtracker account.