Jacqueline Webb and Company’s lunchtime talk, with speaker Elizabeth Waterman, introduced an different way of working outside the statutory sector. For those of us working in the medico-legal field, Ms Waterman provided some very helpful advice on developing Care Report writing skills which are essential to this area of work.
Employing therapists to assess people that have been harmed through no fault of their own Jacqueline Webb and company provides a service to solicitors and insurers to assist the claimant to have the compensation that they require not what is viewed at initial glance. By taking into account the future care needs of a person Jacqueline Webb and Company is able to provide a complete assessment of a client from the perspective of the care required past and future, including care needs, transport, equipment, and housing needs.
The seminar set out the role of a consultant and talked through very clearly what was needed of them in different stages of the process from assessment of the claimant to attendance at court as an expert witness.
Delegates were urged to take every chance to refine their report writing skills by looking for chances to refine and develop a professional written style, as long detailed reports have to be both factually correct as well as an interesting read. The chief areas flagged up by the talk were logical presentation, use of language, structuring of the report and professional approach.
If you would like to download the A-Z of report writing that was designed expressly for the talk you can get it from Jacqueline Webb and Co’s website along with other fascinating facts about the consultancy role
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