Childcare / Family Paralegal

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Childcare / Family Paralegal

Key Responsibilities:

• Professional pro-active approach, strong client careskillsand a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of clients' needs
• Assistingwith casework including dealing with a range of public and private children cases including child protection issues;care proceedings,special guardianship and adoption matters, child arrangement orderproceedingsand parental disputes
• Attending clients, takinginstructionsandattendingChild Looked After and child protectionmeetings
• Perusal of case disclosure and preparation of chronologies
• Attend court hearings with Counsel whenrequired
• Dealing with correspondence
• Ensuring compliance with file management

Qualifications & Skills:

• Demonstrate passion andinterestinfamily childcare law
• Tomaintainclient confidentiality and trustworthiness at all times
• A strong academic background
• Excellent communications skills to work effectively with all types of people
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills and ability to use own initiative but know when to seek guidance
• Ability to work under pressure team supporting three fee earners
• Committed team player, self -motivated and professional
• Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills
• Candidates will need to have a full UK driving licence and access to a car

Benefits and Salary:

• Salary £24,720
• Genuine career progression (to be discussed at interview)
• A day off for your birthday
• Locations: Blackwood Office
• Full-Time
• Permanent
• Posted: 2 weeks ago