Senior Caseworker
6 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 357664**Salary**:
- £37,174 - £40,403- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:
- Higher Executive Officer- HEO**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Type of role**:
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 1Contents
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- This position is based at RCJ LONDON, WC2A 2LLAbout the job
**Job summary**:
- Please refer to Job Description**Job description**:
**Royal Courts of Justice**
**Job Title/ Group / Directorate: Senior Caseworker, High Court Family Division, Royal Courts of Justice Group**
**Grade: HEO**
**Duration: Permanent**
**Salary: London (within M25): £37,174 - £40,403**
**Location: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL**
**Background**
Based within the Queens Building in the main Royal Courts of Justice estate, this is a busy court that deals with both complex and sensitive family and medical matters including Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, Public and Private Law cases, High Value Financial Remedy, Child Abduction, Court of Protection matters and appeals. The President is the head of the Family Division and sits alongside 20 High Court Judges who sit both at the Royal Courts of Justice and on Circuit outside of London.
Due to the time sensitive nature of the work that is heard within the Court, we often sit Courts throughout the traditional vacation period.
The increasing volume of appeal work in High Court Family has opened an opportunity for a senior caseworker to lead the work of the appeals team and oversee the provision of high-quality casework to the judiciary.
**Role Purpose**
The post holder will work closely with the appeals team, lawyers and judges and will need to demonstrate a high level of initiative. The ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at a senior level and with court users, including litigants in person, is essential.
Senior caseworkers are expected to act as role models and undertake leadership functions, which may include line management of small team.
**Main Activities / Key Responsibilities**
- To promote and practise proactive case management to ensure that appeal cases are progressed in accordance with the Family Procedure Rules with a view to minimising delay.
- To prepare cases for hearing and
- To oversee the appeal caseload and monitor trends, identifying opportunities to improve process and procedures, including use of CE file.
- To update guidance and templates as necessary.
- To liaise with the lower courts and the Court of Appeal as necessary to facilitate effective working.
- To support the appeals team with more complex queries and provide training as necessary to ensure that routine enquiries are not passed to lawyers or judges.
- As this is a new post, a degree of flexibility will be required and the post holder must be prepared to undertake further duties as identified by line management.
The post holder will report to the Operations Manager.
**Security Level**:
If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:
- You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
- You were studying abroad
- You were living overseas with parents
- In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account and a local police check carried out.
**Application Process**:
- A 250-word suitability statement against the following Success Profile Behaviours (Level 3):
- **Delivering at Pace**:
- **Making Effective Decisions**:
- **Communicating & Influencing**:
- **Managing a quality service.**
If selected for interview, the above Success Profile Behaviours will be tested / assessed (Level 3). Interviews will also test **4 Strengths**.
Further information on Success Profile Behaviours and Strengths, as well as the required standards for this post (Level 3), can be found at:
**Terms & Conditions**:
**Working Hours / Pattern**:
**Excess Fares and Relocation Allowances**
This job is not eligible for relocation allowances, but excess fares may be considered in accordance with MoJ’s excess fares allowance policy.
**Person specification**:
- Please refer to Job Description**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
**Benefits**:
- Alongside your salary of £37,174, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £10,074 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Access to learning and development
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