DG Legal is pleased to offer a new date for our very popular course designed specifically for practitioners taking a supervisory role. The course is suitable for those stepping into a supervisory role for the first time or for other supervisors or managers who want to brush up on their supervisory and management skills.

The course will satisfy the generic supervision requirements in the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) Standard Contract and covers the key supervision and management skills needed to ensure compliance with the LAA Contract.

The course will also provide practical advice for putting in place effective outcomes focused supervision arrangements to meet your professional requirements in the SRA Handbook and meet the requirements in quality standards including the Specialist Quality Mark and Lexcel.

Course Content:

• Meeting the supervisor standards
• Effective communication and working relationships
• Supervision & development of staff
• Performance management and improvement
• Training & development
• Setting targets
• Managing LAA contractual performance
• Financial management and budgets

Course Notes

Comprehensive and up to date course notes will be provided to all delegates which may be useful for ongoing reference or cascade training.

Speaker:

Steve Keeling, Consultant, DG Legal.

Steve joined DG Legal after leaving the Legal Aid Agency in August 2016. In his 17 years at the LAA, he has worked in the audit team as both auditor and manager, and has been a Contract Manager for several years. Steve will bring important insights into the way the LAA thinks about provider and contract management, and will provide useful information on how to best prepare for audit activity.

Why You Should Attend?

This course is aimed at all practitioners but particularly those operating a LAA contract or needing to meet the LAA's supervisory standards. 

To qualify as a LAA supervisor, there are a number of elements of the Supervision Standard which you need to meet. The first element is the Generic Supervision Standard. Where you cannot demonstrate that they have supervised another person for at least a year in the previous 5 year period (see the LAA Standard Contract Specification), you need to attend a course lasting at least 7 hours and which covers a series of topics. Our supervision & management course is designed to cover all of the above areas. The course is therefore particularly relevant for those either new to supervision or who cannot otherwise meet the Generic standard.

The content of the course is also relevant to all managers, principals and lawyers wishing to improve or brush up their supervisory and management skills.