Care Lawyer – £competitive

Are you a qualified Care Lawyer seeking a new permanent role?  Would you like to work for a very friendly, progressive law firm offering hybrid working and a very, very generous benefits package?  Is Leeds, Huddersfield or Barnsley convenient for you?  If so, this could be just the job for you!

Working within the Specialist Team, your duties as Care Lawyer will include:

• Representing adoptive parents and kinship carers in care proceedings and prospective adopters and foster carers within adoption proceedings and parents within care proceedings
• Day to day handling of a wide variety of cases
• Running your own case load
• Undertaking own advocacy
• Attending client meetings
• Working as part of the team
• Ensuring that documents are drafted using software and case management systems in a consistent manner

You will have:

• High level of knowledge and excellent client care skills
• Knowledge of charging for services or the eligibility criteria for legal aid
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and marketing skills
• The ability to develop contacts for the firm
• Strong decision-making skills
• Some knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and care proceedings
• Advocacy skills
• The ability to work within a fast-paced environment to meet deadlines

In addition, you will be a motivated, meticulous self-starter who is capable of being innovative.

In return, our client offers a great team working environment an extremely generous benefits package and free parking!

Hours of work are Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00 with 1 hour lunch with the flexibility of working hybrid if desired, working out of either Huddersfield or Barnsley.

If you are interested, please call Deborah IMMEDIATELY on 01274 865878 to discuss further.

Elite Personnel Services Limited is an equal opportunities employer acting as an Employment Agency in the case of work-seekers for permanent positions, and as an Employment Business in the case of work-seekers for temporary positions and it is our policy to treat job applicants, employees and workers in the same way, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnic origin or disability.