Paralegal - Child Care - Leicester, United Kingdom - Cordius Ltd

Cordius Ltd

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

CHILD CARE PARALEGAL

OFFICE
Leicester

HOURS
Full time - 35 hours per week: Monday - Friday, 9.00 am pm

Cordius are recruiting for a Paralegal in Leicester. Our client is a leading law firm in the East Midlands. A forward thinking and progressive company employing over 200 staff throughout 5 offices.

This is a great opportunity to join the Child Care departmentat their Leicester Office and to work as part of a challenging and friendly team.

Every member of staff will receive a personal development plan with the aim of helping them to reach full potential.

PURPOSE & OBJECTIVE OF JOB:

To provide clerical and administrative support to the Child Care Team

DUTIES, TASKS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Direct assistance with Care clients: Client contact point for new cases/allocation and when team is in court
Office contact for all phone and drop in enquiries and for liaison with professionals such as guardians, experts, and counsel.
Team Diary management, including setting up client appointments, entering and monitoring key dates, arranging assessments by experts and conferences with Counsel
Support to the team with client contacts, instructions, follow up, statement preparation and checking
Attend PLO / PPM meetings with clients (Legal Help)
Supported and supervised administrative support to team:

a) Case management - File set up, full conflict checks, liaison with counsel and experts, getting costs quotes/time frames, arrange claiming and paying disbursements, on split fee experts

Setting up, monitoring, claiming, and paying DNA and drug and alcohol testing
Bundle preparation: Checking with index, paginating, sorting for trial and assisting Solicitors with trial preparation
Closing files following internal procedures in a timely manner
Administrator for LAA online service point of contact for all LA / FE queries
Drafting letters, preparation of file notes, telephones notes and other correspondence
Attending meetings with fee earners and taking notes
Attending court with counsel and taking notes
Compliance with LAA audits

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

Office administration within a legal environment ideally within a Care /Family team
Legal research
Managing a busy workload
Previous paralegal experience an advantage
Use of case management software would be advantageous
Proficiency in MS office (Excel, Word, Outlook in particular)
A keen interest in this challenging area of law and a commitment to the highest level of client care and service

SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including a polite telephone manner
Exceptional attention to detail
Strong organisational and time management skills
Excellent typing skills
Good letter writing skills and a high level of literacy
Excellent IT skills
An ability to work under pressure and to work to strict deadlines
An ability to be empathetic and sensitive to vulnerable clients
An ability to work closely and effectively with professional clients such as court appointed Guardians

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Law degree or relevant legal qualification