Job Description
Childcare Lawyer Rate: £55 - 65 per hour (umbrella) Location: West Midlands Working: Hybrid About the Childcare Lawyer Role: Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for a locum Childcare Lawyer to join a local authority based in the West Midlands. The role will be for an initial 6 month period with a strong possibility of an extension. Key Responsibilities of the Childcare Lawyer role: To act as a legal advisor Advise upon and conduct proceedings relating to the care and protection of children To provide legal advice and support services to clients To carry a caseload of predominantly public childcare care proceedings Other cases will include PLO (pre proceedings), adopiton matters and a smattering of discharge cases To advocate , when necessary, at the family courts. This tends to be on average once per week. The role will be a hybrid working arrangement whereby you will need to attend family courts in the West Midlands at in-person hearings on a weekly basis. Candidates muct be ...