Legal Assistant for Education and ASC
What's involved with this role:
Ref number: Warrington 0009 B77A / 1
Hybrid - Fully remote will be considered
Please do not apply for this role unless your CV meets the following general requirements, listed below:
You must be UK based and have the right to work in the UK.For office based and hybrid roles, your commute to the place of work must be less than 1 hour.
This is a temporary role. Please do not apply if you are seeking a permanent position.
Skills & Experience:
CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice or extensive proven relevant experience.Previous experience of dealing with Education and ASC.
Good communication skills.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Mosaic).
What's involved with this role: Operating in the field of education and/or adult social care law you will support the lawyers in this area. Your role involves assisting them with preparation work for advocacy in the Court of Protection, the Special Educational Needs Tribunal and other tribunals.
All candidates will need excellent communication skills, team skills and be self-motivated and well organised. Training and mentoring from experienced colleagues will be provided where needed.
Key responsibilities:
Must carry out the duties with full regard to the Council’s Corporate Plan, the Corporate Equality and Diversity Policy, Health and Safety Policy and Social Inclusion Strategy.Provide legal advice and guidance to Client Departments of the Council as and when required.
Represent the Legal Services Manager at both internal and external meetings as and when required.
Provide advice and guidance, where appropriate, under the supervision of the Legal Services Manager, Senior Solicitor and/or solicitors from the Specialist Team, on adult’s safeguarding, education and associated matters, including, education prosecutions, criminal injuries compensation and disclosure of information to third parties.
Attend court / tribunal with fee earners and/or counsel as required.Be involved in the management of Council projects as part of the appropriate specialist team.
Be occasionally involved in the management of high profile and complex safeguarding matters under the supervision of the Legal Services Manager, Senior Solicitor and/or Solicitors from the Specialist Team, Be involved in the management of litigation and other proceedings involving the Council including preparation of court and tribunal documents, managing external lawyers including counsel, liaising with courts and tribunals, liaising with external parties in litigation including opposing legal advisers, experts and witnesses and working with internal clients involved in proceedings.
Manage external lawyers involved in proceedings or providing other advice, guidance and assistance and to liaise with other council officers and departments in the delivery of advice, proceedings, statutory and contract documentation, and the development of Council policies.
Undertake other legal work as appropriate including legal research drafting of legal documents.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.1
Job Ref: Warrington 0009 B77A / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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