Private Law Facilitator

1 week ago

Norwich, United Kingdom Norfolk County Council Full time

**Private Law Facilitator | 8654 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £36,124 to £37,938 per annum | Grade I | Based at County Hall, Norwich (flexible working arrangements)**

Are you analytically minded, with knowledge of private family law and a passion for supporting and developing others?

We are looking for someone to take the lead in developing our practice in private family law and provide a link between the Local Authority and the family court in relation to private law proceedings.

You will join our newly created Court Work and Pre-proceedings Team. The Court Work and Pre-proceedings Team provides support to our child and family-facing teams in all aspects of Court Work with a focus on improving quality and consistency and supporting best practice.

With a focus on Private Law, you will be responsible for ensuring a timely response to the Family Court in Private Law proceedings to minimise delay for children and young people. You will also support and upskill practitioners, including Social Workers, in managing private law cases and in preparation of evidence, so the best outcome is achieved for the child/young person.

We have embraced the Family Help model, placing practitioners and relationship-based practice at the heart of what we do. Our Pillars of Practice set the vision for our practice with children in Norfolk, to work with whole family networks and across the whole system to support families to build on their strengths and achieve the best possible outcomes.

If you are looking for the opportunity to improve court work practice and you want to work with us to shape the future of Children’s Services in Norfolk, we want to hear from you.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full **Job Description and Person Specification**to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:

- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

**_We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
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**Redeployment closing date: 27 July 2025**

**All other applicants closing date: 04 August 2025

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