Legal Assistant
2 weeks ago
**Background**
We currently have an opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join the team.
The Court of Protection unit is a specialist unit dedicated to dealing with the management of the property and financial affairs together with health and welfare decisions of people who lack the ability to deal with these themselves.
Our Court of Protection deputy works closely with families and carers to ensure that the pressures and additional stresses of looking after the individuals’ personal finances are removed. We ensure that contact and liaison is maintained and decisions taken by us are understood.
**The Role**
This is a varied role and will involve contact with clients and their families, financial and general administration to include:
- Responding to client and family queries
- Responding to case managers and other professionals
- Arranging for care, facilities and maintenance organisations to visit the client
- Liaising with case managers and care providers
- Maintaining client insurance files
- Opening and maintaining client bank accounts
- Managing credit card statements and reconciliation
- Preparation of management and financial information
- Updating and maintaining the deputy access database, Excel spreadsheets
- Costing files
- Typing letters, memos and reports
- Arranging and ordering various pieces of equipment
This role would suit an organised individual with finance and administration experience coupled with excellent client care.
Strong communication skills and a confident telephone manner are required with the ability to deal with sensitive issues and emotional, vulnerable clients in an empathetic manner.
**Life at Hugh James**
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Although our workforce has grown to more than 500, we have retained and nurtured a unique culture which is based on hard work, exceptional talent, ambition, empathy, innovation and good humour. It is those qualities that have helped us grow the business to where we stand today.
Key to our growth strategy to date has been the recruitment and development of great people. This will remain the case as we look forward to the years ahead. Life at Hugh James is vibrant and full of opportunities.
Our culture is friendly and collegiate, but we maintain the professional atmosphere you would expect from a modern, leading law firm. All our staff have access to industry-leading training and mentoring to ensure they reach their potential.
Some of our benefits on offer include:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Two Corporate Social Responsibility days
Birthday day off
Death in service equivalent to twice annual salary
Auto enrolment pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts for local businesses
Employee recruitment incentive scheme
Travel season ticket loan (London only)
Hugh James is an equal opportunities and disability confident committed employer.
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