Paralegal - Child Care

2 weeks ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Cordius Ltd Full time

**CHILD CARE PARALEGAL**

**OFFICE**

Leicester

**HOURS**

Full time - 35 hours per week: Monday - Friday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm

Cordius are recruiting for a Paralegal in Leicester. Our client is a leading law firm in the East Midlands. A forward thinking and progressive company employing over 200 staff throughout 5 offices. This is a great opportunity to join the Child Care departmentat their Leicester Office and to work as part of a challenging and friendly team. Every member of staff will receive a personal development plan with the aim of helping them to reach full potential.

**PURPOSE & OBJECTIVE OF JOB**:
To provide clerical and administrative support to the Child Care Team

**DUTIES, TASKS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Direct assistance with Care clients: Client contact point for new cases/allocation and when team is in court
- Office contact for all phone and drop in enquiries and for liaison with professionals such as guardians, experts, and counsel.
- Team Diary management, including setting up client appointments, entering and monitoring key dates, arranging assessments by experts and conferences with Counsel
- Support to the team with client contacts, instructions, follow up, statement preparation and checking
- Attend PLO / PPM meetings with clients (Legal Help) - Supported and supervised administrative support to team:
a) Case management - File set up, full conflict checks, liaison with counsel and experts, getting costs quotes/time frames, arrange claiming and paying disbursements, on split fee experts
- Setting up, monitoring, claiming, and paying DNA and drug and alcohol testing
- Bundle preparation: Checking with index, paginating, sorting for trial and assisting Solicitors with trial preparation
- Closing files - following internal procedures in a timely manner
- Administrator for LAA online service - point of contact for all LA / FE queries
- Drafting letters, preparation of file notes, telephones notes and other correspondence
- Attending meetings with fee earners and taking notes
- Attending court with counsel and taking notes
- Compliance with LAA audits

**EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED**:

- Office administration within a legal environment ideally within a Care /Family team
- Legal research
- Managing a busy workload
- Previous paralegal experience an advantage
- Use of case management software would be advantageous
- Proficiency in MS office (Excel, Word, Outlook in particular)
- A keen interest in this challenging area of law and a commitment to the highest level of client care and service

**SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED**:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including a polite telephone manner
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Excellent typing skills
- Good letter writing skills and a high level of literacy
- Excellent IT skills
- An ability to work under pressure and to work to strict deadlines
- An ability to be empathetic and sensitive to vulnerable clients
- An ability to work closely and effectively with professional clients such as court appointed Guardians

**QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED**:
Law degree or relevant legal qualification



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