Childcare Lawyer – 3 months initially – Full Time – Local Authority
Venn Group’s specialist legal team are currently working with a Local Authority, who are known for their excellent team culture, who are recruiting for a Locum Childcare Lawyer to join their department.
This is a full-time assignment (36 hours per week).
Responsibilities:
- Manage a full and varied caseload of legal matters with an emphasis on Child protection and children's safeguarding.
- The provision of proactive legal advice on a range of issues pre proceedings as well as managing a busy caseload of care proceedings, adoption, secure accommodation/DOLs and adoption.
- Advocacy is desirable.
- To conduct all work in accordance with practice management standards laid down by the Law Society (Lexcel)
- The ideal applicant will have recent experience working in a Local Authority.
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.