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Conducting Investigations

Understand your role and responsibilities as an investigator and the process for investigating disciplinary and dispute resolution cases
Know how to prepare for an investigation meeting
Confidently deal with any difficult issues that arise during the course of an interview

Overview

🕮 Cross Civil Service

Being able to conduct comprehensive investigations into alleged disputes or accusations of misconduct is an important part of any equitable and transparent working culture. It’s also an important tool in challenging discrimination and harassment in the workplace.

Within the Civil Service, when such an issue arises, the role of the investigator is to establish the essential facts. They look for evidence that may support or contradict the allegation, while also ensuring that the process is independent, run in a timely fashion and up to standard. If you find yourself required to investigate disciplinary issues or dispute resolution complaints, this courses explores the fact-finding, interviewing, and report writing skills needed to do this in a way that’s fair, effective and legally compliant.

Please refer to the course flyer for a full description of the learning. Visit the open course schedule to see upcoming dates for all available learning.