Family Lawyer
- Employer
- Venn Group - London
- Location
- Greater London
- Salary
- £40 - 56 per hour
- Closing date
- 5 Dec 2021
- Reference
- 7115330
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- Practice area
- Children law
- Contract type
- Locum/Contract
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Legal executive, Legal counsel, Solicitor
- Sector
- Public sector/Charities
Job Details
Children’s Safeguarding Lawyer - Remote Working – Full Time – Initially 3 months
Venn Group’s specialist legal team are currently working with a busy Local Authority, who are known for their excellent quality of work, who are recruiting for a Locum Childcare Lawyer to join their department.
This is a full-time assignment (36 hours per week), with the initial period 3 months and then a possibility to extend.
Experienced paralegals with Local Authority experience or alternatively a qualified lawyer with either Local Authority or private practice experience will be considered.
This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Childcare Lawyer to become part of a successful and progressive Local Authority.
The successful applicant will have a hard-working manner and progressive approach to legal services, as well as excellent technical skills.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the effective operational management of the Legal Services team in order to deliver a high quality and cost-effective legal service
- Provide high quality pro-active legal advice, assistance and support to clients and their service areas
Requirements:
- Practising Solicitor or Barrister or FILEX with advocacy rights
- Relevant post qualification experience in the legal profession
- Demonstrates accurate knowledge of practice and procedure in relation to children services law including, care and adoption proceedings, and private law proceedings
- Experience in conducting advocacy in a wide variety of child protection proceedings in court, especially those in the Family Proceedings Court
- Effective participation in Lexcel and/or other quality systems
- Working in a local authority or other large organisation
Interested? For further information, please contact Imogen Boles Gray on 020 7557 7667, alternatively email ibgray@venngroup.com.
This role is to start as soon as possible therefore please do not hesitate in applying.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.
Company
By engaging with Venn Group you are selecting a recruitment consultancy that is set up to meet the demands of the contract and interim job market. Our infrastructure, training and service are all intricately designed to provide you with a reliable and effective response.
Our recruitment consultants will take the time to get to know the opportunities you seek in your next assignment and will guide you through the recruitment process with the attention to detail we are known for.
Having dedicated ourselves to providing contract and interim staff over two decades, we have forged long-standing relationships with many regular hirers for contract or project resources.
- Website
- https://www.venngroup.com/
- Telephone
- 0207 557 7667
- Location
-
Cottons Centre
Hays Lane
London
SE1 2QP
GB
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