VinciWorks hosts second continuing competence user group

Over 22 leading firms joined Director of Best Practice Gary Yantin and SRA Policy Executive Richard Williams for the second continuing competence user group. This candid conversation between the firms and the regulator focussed on how firms are implementing continuing competence since the changes to CPD in November, and to share best practice.

Many firms currently implementing changes to CPD

Richard spoke about how many firms are still in the process of implementing continued competence. He voiced the importance that the SRA places on the new approach and advised that there will be an annual declaration as part of a renewal exercise to make sure firms are meeting regulatory obligations. Richard also made clear that the SRA will not be carrying out spot checks on firms, but will use the annual declaration in conjunction with other regulatory data to explore concerns that they may have with the competence or standard of service provided by a solicitor or firm.
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Continuing Competence Roadshow: May-June 2016

VinciWorks is hitting the road to deliver practical, face-to-face seminars on the SRA’s new approach to continuing competence. Attendees will learn how to identify learning needs, build a learning and development plan and consider methods for recording and demonstrating that they have fulfilled the SRA’s requirements.

Dates

  • May 9: Birmingham
  • May 10: Manchester
  • May 31: Bristol
  • June 1: London

Details

  • Time – 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • CPD – 3 hours 🙂
  • Cost – £90 (early bird £75)
  • Presenter – Gary Yantin, Director of Best Practice, VinciWorks
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Who should attend?

  • HR professionals
  • COLPs and COFAs
  • L&D teams
  • Practice managers
  • Solicitors that wish to understand how to comply with the new regulations

About the presenter

Gary Yantin is Director of Best Practice at VinciWorks — a leading provider of online compliance courses and risk management software. VinciWorks courses are used by over 20% of all solicitors and are considered to be the gold standard for compliance. Gary is a leading expert on the SRA’s changes to CPD and has helped VinciWorks develop the first software tool for compliance with the new approach to continuing competence. To learn more visit www.vinciworks.com/competence.