ISWS | Human Rights Assessment & Appeals Rights Exhausted

Navigating Statutory Duties with Confidence

The intersection of immigration law and social care legislation can be complex and challenging to navigate.

Local Authorities have clear statutory responsibilities towards Unaccompanied Asylum‑Seeking Children (UASC) and former relevant young people, particularly when asylum claims are refused and young people become Appeal Rights Exhausted (ARE).

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Our Human Rights Assessment training provides practitioners with the clarity, structure and legal grounding needed to discharge these responsibilities lawfully and safely.

On this half-day course, we take you through the full asylum journey — from initial claim to final decision — and equip you with the tools to complete robust, defensible Human Rights Assessments that protect young people from exploitation, homelessness and destitution.

By the end of the course, you will:

Understand the full timeline of an asylum claim for UASC and how this leads to the requirement for a Human Rights Assessment.
Identify when a Local Authority must undertake a Human Rights Assessment and the statutory duties that underpin this.
Demonstrate a clear understanding of Local Authority responsibilities towards former relevant young people who are Appeal Rights Exhausted (ARE), using up‑to‑date case law and legislation.
Develop best practice approaches when working with young people who are, or may become, ARE.
Build confidence in creating safety plans that reduce the risk of exploitation, homelessness and destitution.
Strengthen your understanding of the Voluntary Return Scheme and how it fits within lawful, ethical contingency planning.

Train with one of the UK’s leading experts in the field of Immigration

Below are our scheduled Open Access SAEF Training Courses, for individual practitioners and independent social workers.

Who is it for? Social workers, personal advisers, team managers and multi‑agency partners involved in planning, safeguarding and decision‑making for separated migrant young people.

It was brilliant training, so informative and really increased my knowledge in this area.

SOCIAL WORK PRACTITIONER ON TRIPLE PLANNING TRAINING

I felt that the way the course was delivered was exceptional, the language used was easy to absorb and the use of examples made it all make sense.

INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORKER

This was excellent training, I feel more informed and definitely more confident about the processes and triple planning. Jo facilitated the training brilliantly and kept interest throughout, allowing for discussion and questions and sharing her expertise. I would definitely recommend this training to others, I know this will make a difference in our practice and my management. Thank you.

INDEPENDENT REVIEWING OFFICER

Jo has so much knowledge and the volume of information about Triple Planning is huge but I think by the end of the day I had a lot more ideas of how to focus my plans more specifically to the young person and prepare them for all eventualities from the beginning rather than respond as the process is happening. Understanding that it is just about being aware of where to go or who to ask rather than having all the answers makes it feel less overwhelming. I know the resources and slides we were given will be used over and over again. I think this is essential training for anyone working with separated young people and only wish the circumstances of our immigration system were kinder.

PERSONAL ADVISOR