Overview

This is a course for clerks and deputies who want to obtain their Level 3, CiLCA qualification. Spread over 4 days, each day of the course covers all the questions within the five sections of the Portfolio of evidence required for CiLCA. Some work will be needed between each course day to write or gather together the evidence needed for the Portfolio submission.

The course explains the background to each question giving you a broad knowledge of all the aspects of the clerk’s work.

CiLCA gives you a broad knowledge of all the aspects of the clerk's work

Price

SLCC Members – £340 + VAT
Non-Members – £390 + VAT

CPD points

Claim 10 CPD points for attending this course!

Joining instructions will be sent to you 3 weeks before the event and your invoice will be sent before the event. We advise that, on receipt of the joining instructions, you are liable for any fees incurred in order to attend the event.

Date

13th Feb, 19th Mar, 30th Apr, 7th May
9.30am – 4.30pm

Location

Village Hotel Club
St Davids Park
Ewloe
Nr. Chester
Flintshire
CH5 3YB

‘Very beneficial course, well presented with excellent supporting documentation.’ Jeremy Parkhouse, Llanrhidian Higher Community Council

‘I am undertaking the CiLCA qualification to improve my knowledge and understanding of local councils so that I can provide informed advice to North Horsham Parish Council (NHPC). In the long term I strive to become Clerk for a council where this qualification would have given me a good foundation of knowledge and confidence, alongside my practical learning at NHPC.’ Ross McCartney

‘I have to say that I have found the process completely different from what I expected. The feedback has been nothing but constructive and supportive and I found the process to be very affirming, in what is often such an isolated job.’ Gill Merry, Aston Clinton Parish Council

Study CiLCA & learn the tools to...

  • Make confident, informative decisions for your council and your community
  • Advise the council on its duties and powers
  • Adapt to changing circumstances
  • Ensure your council is compliant with proper financial practices
  • Set a vision for the future for your council and your community
  • Respond to questions and problems with a dynamic, ‘can-do’ attitude
  • Advise and support the council as it identifies and implements plans for the future
  • And much more!

Course outline

  • Day One: Roles, duties & responsibilities, employment issues, CPD and PR and communication
  • Day Two: The General Power of Competence, new legislation and sources of advice, agenda setting and meeting procedures, standing orders and committees and Freedom of information.
  • Day Three: Accounting and statutory guidance, budgeting, grant awarding policies, insurance, sources of advice on financial matters and VAT.
  • Day Four: The planning framework, effective observations on planning applications, partnership working, funding sources and community engagement.

Who should attend?

CiLCA is suitable for all officers working with local councils. Councillors and officers of advisory bodies have also taken CiLCA in the past. CiLCA is flexible enough to suit candidates from the diversity of local councils.

When a council’s chief officer (or clerk) has CiLCA , s/he is qualified in England for the purposes of the Local Council Award Scheme (Quality and Quality Gold) and eligibility for the council to use the general power of competence.

Meet The Trainer - Gwilym Rippon

Gwilym is a Town Clerk to Bishop’s Castle Town Council, a clerk to 2 small Parish Councils in Shropshire Bettws y Crwyn and Newcastle and a clerk to a Community Council in Powys, Abermule (with) Llandyssil Community Council. Previously a Police Officer for 33 years he came into the sector by accident but now thoroughly enjoys the work. Gwilym is the only clerk that holds CiLCA England and Wales qualifications, has attended the University of Gloucestershire and has attained a Certificate of Higher Education in Community Engagement and Governance. He wears several hats of the society, those being. Trainer for Wales, Employment support Officer and Deputy Advisor for Wales. He was the Chair of Herefordshire Branch and represented Powys Branch on the NEC (National Executive Council). Gwilym also sat on the board member of the Institute of Local Council Management (now the SLCC Professional Development Scheme) and is a member of the Institute. Gwilym is also a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) and attended his first internal conference in Brussels in June 2014 and attended again in September 2017.

Gwilym Rippon PSLCC, Advisor for Wales & Training Support Officer

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