Case Notes, Family Violence and the Law

With the rapidly-changing family violence sector and new legislation, it’s never been a better time to learn about case notes or to have a refresher. In this full-day training, you will learn best practices for the structure, style and language of case notes, and develop your knowledge about how to respond to subpoenas, appearing as a witness in court, privacy and legal issues.

The training will cover:

• The purpose of case notes
• What information is recorded
• Guidelines for the structure and style of case notes specific to family violence work
• Documenting risk
• Privacy, confidentiality and legal issues
• Subpoenas and how to respond to them
• How to appear as a witness in court.