There are three roles for Solicitor Advocates in CCMS:
– CCMS Advocate Administrator
– CCMS Advocate Bill Preparation
– CCMS Advocate Bill Submission
The roles allow you the flexibility to restrict the access you grant to a user on the system.
Whoever you ask for to be the administrator in your organisation will have a user account created for them by the LAA, and given the CCMS Advocate Administrator role. The administrator can then create additional user accounts, and give them any of the roles above, including creating an additional administrator.
The same role can be assigned to multiple users depending on the needs of your office or organisation and an individual user may be granted all roles if appropriate.
CCMS Advocate Administrator
The Advocate Administrator role allows you access to CWA to create and assign roles.
CCMS Advocate Bill Preparation
This role allows the user to create and amend, but not submit, bills and payments on account.
CCMS Advocate Bill Submission
This role allows the user to review and submit bills and payments on account created by a user with the Advocate Bill Preparation role.
Actions and Notifications
Both the CCMS Advocate Bill Preparation and CCMS Advocate Bill Submission roles allow the user to view and respond to notifications and actions for those cases they have been assigned to.
You will need to decide who will require which role depending on their day to day
responsibilities within your organisation. Once an individual has been assigned a role or roles they will then be able to complete the associated training modules which will be available on the website.
Case Study
Jenny is a Solicitor Advocate and has been assigned to a case on CCMS. She has an assistant, Pete, who prepares her bills for legal aid work.
Jenny has the CCMS Advocate Administrator role. She creates a user account for
Pete, and gives him the CCMS Advocate Bill Preparation role. She also ensures that she has the CCMS Advocate Bill Submission Role.
Pete is now able to enter the bill on CCMS. Jenny can then use her role to review and submit the bill to the LAA.
Provider system users: CCMS Roles and Responsibilities Matrix
