Childcare Solicitor - Leicestershire (Local Authority role)

6 Month Contract

Rate: Negotiable (Umbrella)

37 hours per week, hybrid working

• The provision of appropriate professional legal services to the Children & Young Peoples Service and other departments as required, together with other main duties and responsibilities.
• It is vital to the future of the department that the post holder is flexible in taking on additional tasks,willing to offer help to employees in other groups, and treats co-operation and support for colleagues as a top priority.
• The post holder will be part of a team of solicitors providing advocacy and advice in relation to the Children & Young Peoples Service, responsibilities of the Authority, in particular Specialist Services, including child protection.
• Providing appropriate recommendations and advice to officers of the authority, members and the Cabinet/Committees/Panels, Case Conferences and other inter-agency meetings, as appropriate.
• Providing professional advice and guidance in order to assist departments in interpreting and implementing Government policy and legislation to promote understanding and improve consistency.
• Ensuring provision of an efficient and effective advisory service, which meets specified timescales to ; Departments, Officers of the Authority, Members and the Cabinet/Committees/Panels, Case Conferences and other internal and external partners and stakeholders
• Advocacy in the Magistrates Court and County Court; Advocacy, when suitably experienced, in the Family Division of the High Court;

If you have any questions about this role or wish to apply, please contact isobel@deekay.co.uk who will respond at the earliest convenience.