Senior Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Oldham Council Full time

Corporate and Commercial Services

Legal Services

**Ref**: G8/OL-75912

**Contract**: Permanent.

**Salary**: £38,296 - £42,503 per annum (Grade 8)

**Hours**: 36.66 per week

**Based**: Civic Centre Oldham OL1 1UL - Hybrid working - Home plus office and other sites in Oldham

**Closing Date**: Tuesday 28th March 2023

**Shortlisting & Interview Dates**: TBC.

Job Description & Person Specification.docx

**Role Overview**:
To lead and manage the Public Law Outline procedure for Children’s Services and to have conduct of family proceedings in the court arena.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Regular liaison with the Client Department to establish plans of action/contract of expectations for cases that have entered the Public Law Outline procedure and agree timetable for assessments.
- Attendance and advocating on behalf of the Client Department at PLO meetings held with parents and their respective solicitors.
- Drafting of legal documentation; with particular reference to Children’s Social Care and Education matters, to also include Letters of Instructions to Experts.
- To have conduct of allocated court proceedings and to undertake advocacy on non-contested hearings at court on behalf of the client department.

**Key Requirements**:
To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

- Solicitor or Fellow of the Institute of Legal executives or the possession of equivalent qualifications / experience
- Post qualification experience of conducting court proceedings in the Family Court
- Experience of advising on a range of issues including social work, family and education matters
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing with people from a range of backgrounds.
- Ability to cope with sensitive and emotional issues.

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

**About Us**:
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

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