Senior Child Care Lawyer

Senior Childcare Lawyer

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Hybrid working arrangement

£49,764 - £52,805 per annum

About the Role:

Sellick Partnership is excited to be exclusively recruiting for a permanent Senior Childcare Lawyer to join the supportive and sociable Legal Team at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Our client is seeking a qualified lawyer who has experience in Childcare Law from either private or local authority and is looking for the next step in their career.

Main Duties:

• Directly manage 3 Childcare Lawyers, 1 paralegal, and 1 legal assistant.
• Assist with the allocation of work, personal development, and 1:1s.
• Support the lawyers in their training and development and deputise for the principal lawyer.
• Deal with more complex care matters around adoption, catastrophic injury, fatalities, and international elements.
• Handle a caseload of mainly child protection cases, with the opportunity to undertake advocacy in the Family Court.
• Advise Social Services clients in person and in writing, on all aspects of relevant legislation.
• Prepare all legal documentation relevant to the caseload, particularly preparing a wide variety of court documents, advising on social care law, and assisting the Senior Social Care Lawyers and Principal Lawyer in relation to the most complex or specialised matters as required.
• Carry out legal research.

Benefits:

• Legal assistant support
• Fantastic training and development opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Excellent local government pension scheme, including the option to contribute to an Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous annual leave allowance, increasing with length of service and an additional 5 discretionary days used for Christmas shutdown
• Flexi time and use of up to 5 banked flexi days per year
• Car lease scheme, salary sacrifice for a brand new car
• Salary sacrifice scheme for extra annual leave, cycle to work, home electronics, and childcare vouchers
• Discounts on car parking, rail travel, eating out, leisure attractions, and gym memberships
• Family-friendly policies including excellent maternity, paternity, and adoption entitlements

Experience Required:

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Childcare Lawyer to join a Legal Team with a great reputation. Our client is looking for candidates who are a qualified solicitor or legal executive and must hold a current practising certificate.

Application Process:

Please apply as soon as possible to be considered for this position or contact Sara Robinson in our Sellick Partnership Manchester office for an informal discussion about the role.

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