Legal Caseworker – Children and Education Legal Team

1 month ago

Chelmsford, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

Legal Caseworker – Children and Education Legal Team

Fixed Term - 12 Months duration, Full Time - 37 Hours Per Week

£23,344 to £26,620 Per Annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: 

Closing Date: Wednesday 20th November 2024 at 11.59pm

Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity for a period of 12 months

This role has a hybrid working arrangement. We will expect you to attend our Chelmsford offices approximately 1 - 2 days per week. In the first 2 months of appointment to the role, you will be required to attend the office daily for training purposes.

The Role

Essex Legal Services (ELS) provides high quality, professional, legal advice across the Council and to increasing numbers of external clients.

As a caseworker in the Children and Education Team you will assist the lawyers to provide a high-quality advice and litigation service to meet the Council’s corporate objectives and will support legally qualified and other colleagues, in providing routine admin and quasi legal tasks. Working directly to lawyers and paralegals, you will be commissioned to undertake various tasks such as preparing court bundles, organising meetings and administrative support. You will contribute to delivering a more efficient, professional service that is valued by our customers and improves their business.

The Children and Education legal team deal with highly sensitive, sometimes distressing, cases relating to child protection matters. You should therefore be resilient and empathetic. The team works at a very fast pace, often dealing with several urgent matters and it is therefore essential you are able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks.

The Opportunity

You will support legally qualified colleagues in the delivery of all aspects of routine legal work within the Children and Education team across the Council and to external customers which will include:

Dealing predominantly with public law cases including care proceedings and adoption proceedings; Responsible for the smooth and efficient running of your allocated lawyers’ day to day activities; Liaising with external solicitors, barristers, courts and CAFCASS; Processing applications, preparing court bundles; Lodging documents with the Court and other parties via the Family Public Law online portal; Diary management; General administration, including preparing bundles photocopying and scanning. 

Accountabilities

Good understanding of client needs and provides them with a service they value, which supports them in driving the delivery of productivity and efficiency improvements. Supports colleagues in the development of current and future business opportunities, to promote the Essex Legal Services’ vision to the external market. Responsible for delivering personal objectives in support of the function’s overall business plan. Develops good working relationships across the Council, schools, other local authorities and the private sector, to ensure a quality service is provided to the customer. Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

Essential

Strong Administrative and IT skills including Outlook and Word. Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate appropriately with a diverse range of clients and external organisations and professionals. Proven track record of excellent customer service skills. Works collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with colleagues and the client base, to understand customer needs with a strong focus on delivering positive outcomes which meet these needs and an ability to manage competing demands.

Desirable:

Experience of working within an administrative role in legal setting in a public service or private sector environment, assisting in the provision of legal work preferably within family law. Experience of the Family Public Law Portal Experience of a Case Management System - ELS uses Visual Files.

Why Essex?  

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more 

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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