This course is appropriate as preliminary legal advice training for new caseworkers. While this training alone will not make you an expert in any area- you’ll need more narrow specialist training to understand the law and practice of advice in any kind of depth- Money Advice Foundations will prepare you to deal with the extra complications of ongoing cases.
Learning objectives
Successful learners will be able to:
- Identify factors that may make a debt unenforceable and describe how enforceability can be challenged by the client.
- List the key features of a hire-purchase agreement and strategies to deal with action to repossess goods.
- Identify when insolvency proceedings have been issued against a client and determine strategies to deal with this.
- Assist a client in responding to a county court claim including possible defences and making applications to the court when faced with enforcement action.
- Identify appropriate strategies for dealing with clients at risk of repossession and assist a client in applying to suspend a warrant of possession.
- Distinguish between personal and business debts and advise or refer their client appropriately.
- Explain the powers of enforcement agents and identify grounds for challenging their actions.
This course forms part of our MaPS Accreditation Pathway, at the Casework/Specialist level. If you would like to obtain MaPS accreditation, you will need to undertake and pass a multiple choice test after you attend the training. If you want to do this, you will need to indicate so on your booking. Once we have confirmed your eligibility, you will be charged a £25 administrative fee, which covers the cost of us preparing and marking the test. You can read more about MaPS accreditation here. You can also see the IMA’s MaPS Accredited Training pathway in full here.
Duration: Two half days
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