Once you have become a member of the Children Panel, it is important to stay up to date with developments. It is part of your responisbility as members of the scheme to stay up to date with panel related information.

We have 3 2 hour sessions which you can watch at any time from your computer.

Safda Mahmood examines in details issues and matters that are particularly relevant to the manner in which Panel members conduct their cases. It includes up to date guidance, statutory changes, protocol changes and case law, relevant to your daily practice.

The course is hosted by the well known lecturer and practitioner Safda Mahmood.

The course is separated into easily absorbed parts enabling you to earn 6 CPD hours.

Topics included

• Parental Responsibility
• Blood Testing
• Adoption and Children Act 2002 and Parental Responsibility
• Section 8 Orders and Link with Public Child Care Law
• Scope of Section 8 Orders
• Residence Orders
• Contact Orders
• Prohibited Steps Orders
• Specific Issue Orders
• Family Assistance Orders
• Enforcement of Orders
• Children and Adoption Act 2006
• Commencement of Public Law Proceedings
• When will the local Authority become involved?
• Section 7 and Section 37 reports: What is the difference?
• Nature and Scope of Section 47 Investigations
• The Child Protection Plan
• The Initial Child Protection Case Conference
• What is a child in Need?
• Obligations owed to Children by the Local Authority
• Emergency Procedures and Injunctions
• Emergency Situations Police Protection
• Emergency Protection Orders
• Challenging Emergency Protection Orders
• Method of Application
• Effect of an Emergency Protection Order
• Additional Directions
• Injunctions
• Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court
• Child Abduction
• Recovery Orders
• Care and Supervision Orders
• Non –Emergency Orders
• Child Assessment Orders
• Care and Supervision Orders
• Grounds for an Order
• Making the Application
• The First Interim Care Order
• Additional Directions
• Points to Note with Initial Applications
• Is it always advisable to contest the application at the first hearing?
• The Threshold Criteria in Practice
• Application to Become a Party to the Proceedings
• Guidance for when applying for Party Status
• Contact within Care Proceedings
• Duty to provide Reasonable Contact
• Duty to Promote Contact
• What if the Local Authority wishes to refuse contact?
• What if a party is not content with the level of contact?
• Section 34 Applications
• Type of Public Funding Care Plans – Scope, Practice and Content
• Making effective use of Directions Hearings
• Assessments and Experts
• Instructing an Expert
• Joint letters of Instruction
• Meeting of Experts
• Funding Implications
• Lilac Book Assessments
• Community Based and Residential Assessments
• Section 38(6) Assessments
• Preparing for Section 38(6) Hearings
• Funding Dilemmas
• Split Hearings and Threshold Hearings
• Meaning and Scope of Split Hearings
• Benefits of a Split Hearing
• Why seek a Finding of Fact?
• Shaken Baby Cases
• Fictitious Illness Cases
• Understanding significant harm in respect of physical health and emotional health.
• Definition of ‘Harm’ and Domestic Violence
• Type of Order and Issues
• Resolution Causation and Meeting the Threshold
• Which Order should be made?
• Impact of Human Rights Act 1998
• Designated Local Authorities: Does it matter?
• Preparation of Court Bundle 
• The Final Hearing and Discharge of Care Orders
• Conduct of the Final Hearing
• Evidence and Procedure
• Discharging the Care Order
• Independent Reviewing Officers

This course is presented as a recorded webinar. Delegates will have access to the webinars, podcasts and the full notes.

Please note that this course does NOT form part of the membership package