Childcare Lawyer

Rate: £55 - 65 per hour (umbrella)

Location: West Midlands

Working: Hybrid

About the Childcare Lawyer Role:

Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for a locum Childcare Lawyer to join a local authority based in the West Midlands. The role will be for an initial 6 month period with a strong possibility of an extension.

Key Responsibilities of the Childcare Lawyer role:

• To act as a legal advisor
• Advise upon and conduct proceedings relating to the care and protection of children
• To provide legal advice and support services to clients
• To carry a caseload of predominantly public childcare care proceedings
• Other cases will include PLO (pre proceedings), adopiton matters and a smattering of discharge cases
• To advocate, when necessary, at the family courts. This tends to be on average once per week.

The role will be a hybrid working arrangement whereby you will need to attend family courts in the West Midlands at in-person hearings on a weekly basis. Candidates muct be able to travel to Birmingham courts easily.

Benefits of the Childcare Lawyer role:

• Flexible working hours hybrid in West Midlands
• Fantastic hourly rate and a lengthy ongoing contract
• Excellent team support. 1-1 legal assistant support and a large, stable management team

How to apply for the Childcare Lawyer role:

To apply, please submit your CV and/or cover letter via this page or alternatively, contact Kate Jasper in the Sellick Partnership Manchester office.

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