Solicitor Child Care Internal Applicants Only
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Job Description
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: per annum (pro rata for parttime) (Plus a 10 Market Supplement)
Working Hours: 37 Working Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 5th May 2025
Interview Date(s): Week Commencing 12th May 2025
Are you a qualified and experienced solicitor with a background or an interest in the childcare sector
About the Role
As a Solicitor in the Child Care Team you will provide an efficient and effective legal advisory service to the Children and Family Services Department and other departments when required. To support you to undertake your role you will have:
- An effective IT system to enable flexible and efficient working away from the office.
- An experienced and highly motivated paralegal to provide dedicated case work support.
- The opportunity to focus on quality written and verbal advice work.
- Space and time to undertake advocacy where appropriate (we encourage advocacy but are not an inhouse advocacy team).
- High quality supervision and support from an experienced management team (two Team Leaders and an Assistant Head of Law all very experienced in this area of law).
In addition to the above you will also have the opportunity to gain experience in niche areas such as Deprivation of Liberty the law relating to Unaccompanied AsylumSeeking Children and Public Law and to contribute to the training of social workers and other professionals.
Team working is very important to us and we encourage our solicitors to work with colleagues in a positive and supportive way that promotes learning and development. In addition to supervising paralegals and support staff you will therefore be expected to provide mentoring advice and informal supervision to colleagues to enhance learning where appropriate.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Be qualified as an admitted Solicitor Barrister or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives.
- Have knowledge of the Children Act 1989 Adoption & Children Act 2002 the Public Law Outline and the Family Procedure Rules 2010.
- Be able to communicate effectively with colleagues customers and internal and external stakeholders to persuade and influence appropriate outcomes.
- Be able to assimilate information rapidly and present effective solutions and appropriate advice and guidance in a timely manner.
- Have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills IT skills and written communication skills to enable the drafting of legal documents.
- Be able to work accurately under pressure with minimum supervision.
- Be a team player.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact:
Kye Herbert
Telephone: 0
Email:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Employee Service Centre: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Employment Type
Intern
