This is an essential course for all child care practitioners. There have been a number of recent decisions which effect the way we instruct experts and the Court's responsibilities in ensuring that appropriate assessments are undertaken.
Funding issues are again in the melting pot and the Public Law Outline will effect when and how we are to organise assessments and involve experts.
- * Core assessments
- Kinship assessments, the Pre-Hearing Protocol and the PLO
- Section 38(6) - assessment v therapy
- Community based assessments
- Funding assessments and experts
- Involving an ISW
- Instructing experts - the impact of the PLO and the court's role
- Choosing the right expert
- Joint or single instruction
- Drafting the letter of instruction - A County Council v KD & L, The Oldham Case
- Case Management, managing the expert and experts meetings
- 2nd/further expert opinions