Social workers regularly find attending children’s hearings difficult. Communicating with panel members, dealing with challenging legal agents, supporting sometimes angry and confused families and explaining your recommendation and departmental policy is a daunting undertaking. This interactive workshop will guide, support and enable you to meet these exacting demands.

Learning Objectives

This workshop will provide participants with:

• An overview of the Hearing process and the rights and responsibilities of participants.
• An explanation of decisions available to panel members in various scenarios and likely outcomes.
• Skills to get across the information you hold in an effective way.
• Confidence in dealing with common problems that arise before, during and after Hearings.

An understanding of the benefits of sound preparation

To register, please fill out the booking form below and return to info@afkascotland.org.