The PS are divided into Core Competencies; Technical Competencies and Behavioural Competencies.
Employers can use the professional standards to help with risk management; better delegation of work; differentiating between levels of paralegal staff, to reduce PI insurance premiums and to create an internal career path for paralegal staff. The professional standards can also assist with staff appraisals; the creation of career, training and staff development plans and to undertake more effective recruitment and promotion exercises.
Individual paralegals can use the professional standards to measure their own progress, to help plan their own career/personal development.