What do social workers do in family court?

A social worker will be working directly with vulnerable children and families to advise the family courts on the best course of action for the child or young person. At the heart of this they will provide case analysis and recommendations to the court. This course will outline how to write court reports, including presentation, context and writing style, gathering and giving evidence in court and many more topics. For more resources and articles on the different roles of a social worker, see here.

What qualifications are needed for early years course online?

This course contains in-depth descriptions and definitions of the proceedings and people involved in family courts and youth courts. It is suitable for any one working with children and young people who are involved in cases going through these courts. This training will help to give learners the skills they need to successfully negotiate these complex situations and aims to help alleviate any fears or concerns they might have. You can see more courses designed for social workers here.

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Court Skills & Legal Training for Children's Social Workers

Course Overview

Format

Intermediate
2-3 Study Hours
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

2 CPD Points
CPD Certified

Course description

The course contains in-depth descriptions and definitions of the proceedings and people involved in family courts and youth courts. It is suitable for any one working with children and young people who are involved in cases going through these courts.

This court training course is designed for all those working with children and young people who have to attend court hearings or become involved with legal processes that could result in court attendance.

This training will help to give learners the skills they need to successfully negotiate these complex situations and aims to help alleviate any fears or concerns they might have.

What does this Court Skill Online Training cover?

During this court skills training learners will cover the following topic areas:

Descriptions of both youth courts and family courts
The role of social workers in children's courts
Family court pre-proceedings, and the documentation and meetings involved
How to write court reports, including presentation, context and writing style
Care proceedings, what happens in such proceedings, and the possible outcomes
Definition of the outcomes such as a placement order, a supervision order, and a care order
Descriptions of the role of officials involved in a court case, such as judges, recorders, magistrates, clerks and others
The Children’s Guardian, appointed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services
How to prepare for appearing in court
Gathering evidence for court
Giving evidence in court
Cross-examination, scrutiny and challenge

The legal training for social workers course includes definitions and descriptions of the topic areas.

This training also includes interactive challenges to check learners’ knowledge and allow them to apply their learning to their own work environment

You will learn

What needs to be in place before a public law case in initiated

An understanding of the care proceeding process and the possible outcomes

Who is present in a family court

How to Identify how to prepare for family court hearings

Who is it for?

Roles including:

Social Workers

Care Workers

Teachers

Teaching Assistants

Legislation

Legilsation covered in this course includes:

Family Justice Review (November 2011)

Understanding the Importance of Court Skills for Children's Social Workers FAQs

What do social workers do in family court?

A social worker will be working directly with vulnerable children and families to advise the family courts on the best course of action for the child or young person. At the heart of this they will provide case analysis and recommendations to the court.
This course will outline how to write court reports, including presentation, context and writing style, gathering and giving evidence in court and many more topics.
For more resources and articles on the different roles of a social worker, see here.
What is court skills training for social workers?

This course contains in-depth descriptions and definitions of the proceedings and people involved in family courts and youth courts. It is suitable for any one working with children and young people who are involved in cases going through these courts.
This training will help to give learners the skills they need to successfully negotiate these complex situations and aims to help alleviate any fears or concerns they might have. You can see more courses designed for social workers here.

How the online courses work

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Buy the course

When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.
Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.
If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.