Lawyer (Child Care) - Romford, United Kingdom - London Borough of Havering

London Borough of Havering

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Romford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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**Job Description
Grade - Up to £ 47,805pa**
About us

OneSource legal services is one of the most successful shared services in the country with over 70 fee earners providing comprehensive legal services to two Councils, schools and council owned companies.

Lexcel accredited, we have made significant improvements since becoming an integrated team and over 90% of our clients rate our case work as good or excellent.

We are constantly looking for better ways to deliver legal services and we hope you will want to be part of this exciting challenge.

About the Job
We are looking for experienced Children's Lawyers to join our Community Care Legal Team.

Based in Havering, but willing to travel to other offices when necessary, you will be a qualified lawyer with a good understanding of the workings of local government including its financial, legal and political context.

On a day to day basis you will use your legal knowledge of local government powers and duties in children's social care, safeguarding and related areas to provide quality and timely legal advice to clients both within Havering and Newham.

At present, we are all largely working from home and ordinarily operate flexible working arrangements. You will be expected to be able to attend both Newham and Havering's offices as part of your duties. Legal Services' core location is at Newham's Dockside offices.

About You

You will provide legal expertise in child care law; contributing to the delivery of high quality, solution focused legal work, to clients in both Newham and Havering.

In addition you will possess awareness and understanding of client needs alongside excellent client care skills.

For more information please click on the link: Job Desciption

The closing date:

11th June 2023 at 11:59pm

Please submit your C.V.

with a covering letter outlining how you would be suitable for the role with due regard to the person specification attached to the job description.

Additional Information

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

About Us

With its excellent transport links into central London, extensive town centre regeneration and the highest concentration of green space anywhere in London, Havering has a unique offer as a place to live, work and visit.

By making the most of its position and opportunities, Havering is becoming a hub for start-ups and expanding businesses, as well as construction, logistics, engineering and manufacturing industries.

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