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Law for Community Workers Training
We offer our free Law for Community Workers training to non-legal organisations to assist workers to better support their clients experiencing legal issues and understand the law.
You can access our Law for Community Workers training in a number of ways:
FREE Law for Community Workers Online Training Program
Our Law for Community Workers Online Training helps you identify legal issues your clients have and connect them to legal help earlier .
- Self-paced modules you can complete in your own time
- Access free downloadable fact sheets and practical resources
- Beginner and intermediate levels
- Modules take between 30 – 90 minutes
After completing our training you will learn how to:
- Be a Legal Issue Spotter
- Conduct a Legal Health Check with your client
- Connect your client to legal help
- Support your client through the legal process.
Find out more about our Online Training program and access our available Online Courses here.
Law for Community Workers free virtual information sessions on priority legal topics
We offer regular free virtual legal information sessions for community workers on priority legal topics. Information is facilitated live by our community lawyers and include an opportunity to connect with our service and ask questions.
Our information sessions will be recorded and made available to watch back.
Before attending our virtual information sessions
We ask all participants to have completed one module from our Law for Community Workers Online Training. You can register and access our Online Courses here.
Upcoming Virtual Information Sessions:
Family Law Basics – Supporting your clients with family law problems
28th February 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Hosted by: Barwon Community Legal Service
via: Zoom
In this information session join our Family Violence & Family Law Practice Manager Tamara Kotowicz and Community Development Manager Alexandria Jones for an informative session focusing on family law basics to assist you to support your clients with family law problems.
The session will focus on the following areas to help you support your clients through often complex family law issues:
- Understanding the Family Law Process
- The underlying principal – ‘the best interest of the child’
- How to resolve family law disputes
- What is required of your client – especially when matter has progressed to court proceedings
- When are family law matters urgent
- Common Frustrations and Misunderstandings about the Family Law System
- Financial Resources Inequity
- Self-represented litigants
- Cross-examination
- Intersection of Family Violence and Family Law
- Bad parenting vs family violence
- Impact of family law issues on FV intervention orders
- When should your client seek advice?
- BCLS Family Law Assistance – How we can help?
- Local family law referral pathways in Barwon region
For further information about this session please contact Alexandria Jones, Community Development Manager at education@barwoncommunitylegal.org.au.
Upcoming topics
Below are a list of topics that are upcoming:
- Elder abuse – recognising and responding to family violence against older people
- Fines and infringements – why it is important to get legal help early
- Young people and the law – common civil law problems and how we can assist
- And other topics as requested
You can access recordings of our previous virtual information sessions below.
Next Training Session
No upcoming training sessions at this time.
Previous Virtual Information Sessions:
In this information session join our Family Violence & Family Law Practice Manager Tamara Kotowicz and Community Development Manager Alexandria Jones for an informative session focusing on family law basics to assist you to support your clients with family law problems.
The session will focus on the following areas to help you support your clients through often complex family law issues:
- Understanding the Family Law Process
- Common Frustrations and Misunderstandings about the Family Law System
- Intersection of Family Violence and Family Law
- When should your client seek advice?
Supporting your clients with Family Violence Intervention Orders and related legal issues
24th November 2022 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Hosted by: Barwon Community Legal Service
In this information session join our Community Lawyer Sam Hawkins and Community Development Manager Alexandria Jones for an informative session focusing on supporting your clients with Family Violence Intervention Orders and other related legal issues.
This session focused on the following areas to help support your clients through what is often a very traumatic time in their lives.
This session covers:
Family Violence Intervention Orders –
- What is a Family Violence Intervention Order
- The process for applying for a Family Violence Intervention Order
- Understanding the court process
- Breaches of a Family Violence Intervention Order
Interactions with other areas of law
- Fines and infringements
- Residential Tenancy (House Rentals)
- Loans/consumer credit
- Family law
- Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT)
Recording of our session is available here
Request a tailored training session for your team or organisation
In addition to our online training and monthly webinars, we may be able to provide a tailored training session for your organisation on a particular area of law.
For a list of the areas we can provide training about please see our website here:
If you would like to request a tailored training, please complete our online request form below.
Tailored training requestLast modified on March 9th, 2023 at 8:59 am
The content on this site is information only and is not legal advice. If you need legal advice please contact us.
Barwon Community Legal Service acknowledges the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we learn and work, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 