Childcare Solicitor - Regulatory

About your new role

The Regulatory Social Care & Governance Team provide a valuable service to Local Authority(s) to assume conduct of Litigation, Pre Litigation and Advice on their behalf. The type of work involved varies from Child Care, Adult Social Care and Education (SEN Tribunal). We are currently recruiting for a Solicitor or Associate up to 10YRS PQE to join our Social Care & Governance team in Liverpool.

 The successful candidate will :-

Manage own caseload of  Child Care case s, with Paralegal and Legal Admin Support; and be a willing Team Member with an ability to support other colleagues as work demands.

  OR

Manage own caseload of  Adult Social Care cases , with Paralegal and Legal Admin Support; and be a willing Team Member with an ability to support other colleagues as work demands.

OR 

Have an ability to Manage own caseload o f Adult Social Care cases  and  Child Care cases  with Paralegal and Legal Admin Support; and be a willing Team Member with an ability to support other colleagues as work demands.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of childcare cases, providing advice and representation to clients
• Assist other members of the team with their caseloads of childcare cases
• Conduct legal proceedings before the courts and tribunals, including advocacy
• Attend off-site visits and meetings, such as Court Hearings, clients’ offices etc
• Assist the team and wider department with the development of the regulatory practice
• Carry out and attend marketing and business development activities and events
• Ensure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPI are adhered to
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures
• Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

About You

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.

We also require you to have/be:

• Solicitor or associate, experienced in childcare law either in-house or in private practice
• Experience of conducting advocacy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise
• Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Flexible approach