MONEY ADVICE

Child support: liability and enforcement new

LDCS0110        10.00am – 4.30pm      18 January 2011

Intended mainly for money advisers, this course looks at the structure of the child support system and explores its enforcement powers. A basic knowledge of money advice is useful, but not essential.

The course covers:

• The Child Support Agency as part of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC)
• Options for separating parents
• Liability under the old and new schemes
• current and forthcoming enforcement powers
• future changes including the new calculation under CMEC.

Level Standard
Tutor Rachel Hadwen
CPD hours 5
NOS LA41

Dealing with debt

LDDD0110       10.00am – 4.30pm       12-13 July 2010
LDDD0210       10.00am – 4.30pm       24-25 January 2011

This essential two-day course helps generalist advisers, community workers, local authority benefits and housing staff, social workers, health sector staff and others to advise and support clients with debt or money problems. This is a practical course, which takes a rights approach to maximising income, dealing with debts and other related issues. The course includes:

• examining the causes and effects of debt;
• understanding the debt advice process;
• deciding on levels of information/advice and making referrals;
• understanding liability for debt;
• dealing with priority and non-priority debts;
• drawing up financial statements;
• strategies and solutions;
• court proceedings including enforcement.

No previous knowledge of money advice techniques is needed. Participants will receive a free copy of the Debt Advice Handbook.

“This is the best training course I have been on and I have been in student money advice field for 20 years”

“Really one of the best training courses I have been on. Content and presenter excellent.”

Level Introductory
Tutor Jane Phipps
CPD hours 10
NOS LA41

CPAG Publication

Debt Advice Handbook

Bankruptcy and other insolvency procedures – what do they mean? New

LDBV0110        10.00am – 4.30pm       7 June 2010
LDBV0210       10.00am – 4.30pm        6 December 2010

This introductory level course is designed to increase the awareness of bankruptcy and other insolvency procedures for those who are not money advisers but whose work brings them into contact with clients in multiple debt.

The object of the course is to describe the different insolvency options and the implications for clients, particularly low-income and vulnerable clients.

The course will include:

• Administration Orders in the county courts
• Bankruptcy
• Debt Relief Orders
• Individual Voluntary Arrangements.

The course will consider the effects and risks of these procedures, for example:

• what debts are included and excluded,
• what investigations are made
• what are the long-term effects
• who else can be affected.

At the end of the course, trainees should be able to explain to a client the advantages and disadvantages of the different options and make an appropriate referral for an application if necessary.

Level Introductory
Tutor Jane Phipps
CPD hours 5
NOS LA41

CPAG Publication

Debt Advice Handbook

Outline of bankruptcy procedure and responding to proceedings half-day course

LDBA0110         1.45pm – 5.00 pm        8 June 2010
LDBA0210         1.45pm – 5.00pm         7 December 2010

Creditors are increasingly turning to the use of bankruptcy proceedings, often using statutory demands to either pressurise debtors or as the first step towards having a person declared bankrupt.

This half-day course provides an outline of bankruptcy procedures, looking particularly at statutory demands which are used at the initial stages of bankruptcy proceedings.

It includes:

• what is a statutory demand?;
• options available to the debtor;
• applying to set aside statutory demands;
• grounds for setting aside statutory demands;
• hearings;
• bankruptcy petitions;
• tactics and important legal points. 

At the end of the course the participant should have an awareness of options available to the client and possible steps which may be available if bankruptcy proceedings have been commenced.

Level Introductory
Tutor Alan Murdie
CPD hours 3
NOS LA41 and LA42

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