Legal Services Training Reference Group

Report to NLAF - February 2009

Recent or upcoming training: DV liaison Officer training; Law Access workers; Sexual Assault Communication Privilege with DPP & private solicitors; DV training with Family Relationship Centre workers at Bathurst and Blacktown to overcome inappropriate referrals.

Running a free seminar on managing the production of DVDs and online videos to assist people with legal problems on the 31st of March aimed at non-profit organisations working with clients with legal problems.

Discussed the need for DV training.
Ran Working with people with an Intellectual Disability using IDRS. No resources to run more workshops.
Victims Services Branch have new product aimed at children
Running training for Local Court staff on making appropriate referrals to LawAccess.

Have introduced a Learning Management System (LMS) which will allow staff access to on-line learning opportunities plus enable them to book in directly to courses. CLC, ALS and WDVCAS are expected to have access in April.
LANSW is offering 3 places to ALS & CLC managers in the 2009 Diploma of Management being held at UTS TDS.
New form listing available courses has been sent out to partner agencies.

Online CLSIS training available via WebEx
Ran the following training for CLC staff: Aggressive Clients; Lobbying For Funding: Mental health Awareness Training with PIAC; Community Legal Education train the trainer in conjunction with the Tenants’ Union.
Currently formatting for the Induction kit for CLCs

Local courts to discuss possible DV training with Women’s Legal Services
Legal Aid NSW to investigate possibility of running the IDRS intellectual disability awareness training based on positive feedback on this training from local courts
Combined Group of Community Legal Centres to investigate the possibility of running additional community legal education training to allow other agencies such as Legal Aid to attend
Legal Aid to investigate the possibility of working with community legal centres to develop content for the online learning component of the Learning Management System
Local Courts are part of a national courts initiative examining online learning. Legal Aid will demonstrate their learning management system to them to assist with this process.

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