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Evidence Guide: DEFPL019 - Provide support in legal assistance matters

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DEFPL019 - Provide support in legal assistance matters

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Plan and prepare for the provision of support in legal assistance

  1. Instructions that require the provision of support in legal assistance are received and acted upon.
  2. Circumstances are analysed and legal assistance issues are interpreted and clearly defined.
Instructions that require the provision of support in legal assistance are received and acted upon.

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Circumstances are analysed and legal assistance issues are interpreted and clearly defined.

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Prepare and process documents involved in legal assistance matters

  1. Documents are identified, prepared and processed in accordance with legal practices and procedures.
  2. Incoming documents are checked for completeness and timely delivery, and sender is contacted where insufficient information is provided or deadlines are not honoured.
  3. Requests for information are reviewed with legal officer and identified documents are retrieved, copied and despatched in accordance with legal practices and procedures.
Documents are identified, prepared and processed in accordance with legal practices and procedures.

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Incoming documents are checked for completeness and timely delivery, and sender is contacted where insufficient information is provided or deadlines are not honoured.

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Requests for information are reviewed with legal officer and identified documents are retrieved, copied and despatched in accordance with legal practices and procedures.

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Perform research to support legal officer

  1. Files are reviewed and research requirements are determined in conjunction with legal officer.
  2. Precedents and case law are retrieved, researched and reviewed, and summaries are made where appropriate and forwarded to legal officer and explanations are presented where necessary.
Files are reviewed and research requirements are determined in conjunction with legal officer.

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Precedents and case law are retrieved, researched and reviewed, and summaries are made where appropriate and forwarded to legal officer and explanations are presented where necessary.

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Assist legal officer to prepare for legal assistance matter

  1. Where appropriate, different legal assistance matters are identified.
  2. Communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client’s status are communicated to legal officer.
  3. File is discussed with legal officer and work is planned .
  4. Availability of legal officers is canvassed and details are forwarded to legal officer to facilitate engagement.
Where appropriate, different legal assistance matters are identified.

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Communications from client, police and other authorities, and details of client’s status are communicated to legal officer.

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File is discussed with legal officer and work is planned .

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Availability of legal officers is canvassed and details are forwarded to legal officer to facilitate engagement.

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to:

analyse information

prepare documents in legal assistance matters

The candidate must at all times comply with legislative requirements, policy and standards, and demonstrate an awareness of access, equity and diversity principles and practices.

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated in a range of actual or simulated workplace contexts.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace environment.

Specific resources for assessment

Access is required to appropriate documentation and resources normally found in the work environment.

Required Skills and Knowledge

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit.

Required Skills

communicate ideas and conclusions logically

conduct research

follow legal procedures

follow written and oral instructions with regards to preparation of documents

identify and evaluate status of information

use appropriate legal terminology

Required Knowledge

applicable legal practices and procedures required in the full range of tasks covered

applicable policies on legal assistance

relevant legal process, legislation and sections, and stages involved in the legal process

relevant legal terminology

relationships between different legal assistance matters

Range Statement

The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.

Instructions may include:

documentary material, exhibits and evidence

oral or written correspondence, including from the command structure, commanding officer or an individual

records of advice

summary of matter

Legal assistance may include:

administration matters

civil debt

civil police charges

conveyancing

discipline matters

family law

insurance

international law matters

landlord and tenancy matters

minor commercial matters

power of attorney

probate

vehicle accidents

wills

Documents may include:

command generated administrative sanctions

international agreements and arrangements

letters of referral

power of attorney

wills

Legal practices and procedures may include:

engaging/referral to experts

extent of legal assistance available

practice notes

protocol for accommodating specific client needs such as case manager, social worker, parole officer

protocol for contacting clients such as translator, interpreter

recording information

security/confidentiality/privacy procedures

verifying and authorising information