Hearings

Each children’s hearing session may last for three hours or so and will consist of several individual hearings dealing with different children.  Panel members will be expected to attend about two hearing sessions per month - in the mornings and afternoons. Although there are some evening hearings applications are accepted only from those with good day time availability. 

The Children’s Panel has the backing of a full time professional service provided by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration and premises are provided for hearings within convenient travelling distance of all panel members.

Training

Newly appointed members are required to undertake a course of preliminary training, which is organized in three parts. They can serve on hearings only after satisfactory completion of the first part of this course but in time must complete the full course.