Legal Support Officer
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We are working closely alongside with Sefton MBC to assist with the appointment of a Legal Support Officer on a 6-months contract highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: 13.57- 17.79 per hour
Summary:
The Legal Support Officer role is a critical position designed to improve outcomes for children young people and families within Sefton. The primary focus is to prevent drift and delay in legal processes ensuring that the Council makes the best use of its resources. By maintaining high standards of procedural compliance the post-holder ensures Sefton Council maintains its strong reputation within the Court arena and among multi-agency partners.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the efficient operation of legal procedural requirements to ensure strict compliance with court timescales and the Public Law Outline (PLO).
- Support and challenge both Childrens Social Care and Legal Services to ensure court orders are adhered to specifically in proceedings involving Adoption Fostering and Childcare (public and private).
- Act as a central point of contact for partner agencies (Health Police Education) to ensure the timely sharing of vital information such as medical reports.
- Monitor Court directions and actions to ensure adherence to Orders; provide regular performance reports to the Head of Service and Senior Management Team (SMT).
- Identify any delays in cases agreed for the Public Law Outline and escalate concerns to Team and Service Managers.
- Facilitate the smooth transfer of cases between teams by informing accepting social workers of upcoming filing dates and court hearings.
Essentials:
- Substantial experience working within a Social Care or Legal setting.
- While non-qualified in terms of practicing law a background in Social Care Law or Public Administration is essential.
- Experience using complex IT databases and management systems.
Please note:
- You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
- You should have right to work in U.K
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary though opening assignments can be and often are extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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