Senior Child Care Lawyer

1 week ago


Barnsley, Barnsley, United Kingdom Sellick Partnership Limited - Public Sector Full time

Senior Childcare Lawyer

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Hybrid working arrangement

£49,764 - £52805 per annum

For further information on this brilliant opportunity at Barnsley Council, please visit our dedicated microsite: /. Alternatively, please contact Sara Robinson at Sellick Partnership who is managing this recruitment campaign on behalf of the Council.

Barnsley Council are putting the borough on the map as a place of possibilities for people to live, work and visit.

Sellick Partnership is excited to be exclusively recruiting for a permanent Senior Childcare Lawyer to join the supportive and sociable Legal Team at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Our client is seeking a qualified lawyer who has experience in Childcare Law from either private or local authority and is looking for the next step in their career.

The main duties of the successful Senior Childcare Lawyer will include:

  • Directly manage 3 Childcare Lawyers, 1 paralegal and 1 legal assistant.
  • Assisting with the allocation of work, personal development and 1:1s.
  • Support the lawyers in their training and development and deputise for the principal lawyer.
  • Dealing with more complex care matters around adoption, catastrophic injury, fatalities and international element.
  • Handling a caseload of mainly child protection cases, with the opportunity to undertake advocacy in the Family Court.
  • Advising Social Services clients in person and in writing, on all aspects of relevant legislation.
  • Prepare all legal documentation relevant to the caseload, and in particular prepare a wide variety of court documents, advise on social care law, and assist the Senior Social Care Lawyers and Principal Lawyer in relation to the most complex or specialised matters as and when required.
  • Carry out legal research.

The Senior Childcare Lawyer joining this team will enjoy the following benefits:

  • Legal assistant support
  • Fantastic training and development opportunities
  • Competitive salary.
  • Excellent local government pension scheme, including the option to contribute to an Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme
  • Flexible and hybrid working.
  • Generous annual leave allowance, increasing with length of service and an additional 5 discretionary days used for Christmas shutdown
  • Flexi time and use of up to 5 banked flexi days per year
  • Car lease scheme, salary sacrifice for a brand new car
  • Salary sacrifice scheme for extra annual leave, cycle to work, home electronics and childcare vouchers.
  • Discounts on car parking, rail travel, eating out, leisure attractions and gym memberships.
  • Family friendly policies including; excellent maternity, paternity and adoption entitlements.
  • Discounts on parking

Experience required for the Senior Childcare Lawyer position:

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Childcare Lawyer to join a Legal Team with a great reputation. Our client is looking for candidates who are a qualified solicitor or legal executive and must hold a current practising certificate.

Interested in applying for the Senior Childcare Lawyer role?

Please apply as soon as possible to be considered for this position or contact Sara Robinson in our Sellick Partnership Manchester office for an informal discussion about the role.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.


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