Fellowship Award
Child Welfare & The Children Act 1989
This award is for the paralegal working in their particular department in Legal Practice, Commerce, Industry or the Public Sector department doing work of a specialised or semi-specialised nature. The Fellowship Award means that a paralegal can further add to their specialist knowledge in that particular area of law and/or practice in which they are involved.
Syllabus
The necessity for The Children Act; The main messages of the Act; Local Authorities powers duties and responsibilities
Children and the Courts: Appropriate use of child assessment order; care or supervision order; education supervision order; emergency protection order; settling arrangements for children
Children and Young people living away from their parents:providing accommodation; residence orders and foster-parents; adoption proceedings; contact; considerations of race, culture, religion and language; complaints procedures
The new range of Court Orders: Parental responsibility; Section 8 Orders, Family Assistance Orders, Orders under Part IV; child's wishes and feelings
Children in the Community; Duties to provide services, complaints procedures, judicial review; voluntary arrangements; registration and inspection of childminders
Child Protection and care proceedings:including preparing a case, child assessment and protection orders, ex-parte applications; police protection care and supervision proceedings
Children being looked after by a Local Authority
Method of Study
This is a distance learning course. As a distance learning student, you study at home in your own time. Access to a law library or law texts is essential as the award involves research. There are no time constraints.
Assessment
The Fellowship Award is assessed through three substantial 'work based' assignments / projects of some 5000 words each. There are no time limits involved.
Entry Requirements
One of the following
Higher Certificate in Paralegals Studies
Post Graduate Diploma in Paralegal Practice
Law Degree
ILEX Level 3
Other Equivalent ( please specify)
Cost
The cost of the Award is £350 or a deposit of £150 and four monthly payments of £50.
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