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A highly regarded Liverpool based law firm are currently looking to recruit a Mental Health Accredited Panel Member to join their well established niche Mental Heath Team.
You will be required to be a Mental Health Accredited Panel Member with experience of managing their own caseload representing clients detained under the MHA.
Job Title - Mental Health Accredited Panel Member
Location - Liverpool - working as part of a team covering a large area of the North West of England and North Wales.
Salary - Competitive DOE
Benefits - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, healthcare cash plan, pension, hybrid working and focused training and personal development plan
Duties include
- Managing own caseload
- Advising clients orally, in writing, and by telephone
- Drafting documentation and correspondence
- Interviewing clients and witnesses and preparing statements
- Reviewing expert reports
- Handling routine client enquiries and communications
- Maintaining a diary
- Ensuring file order and time recording
- Complying with LAA requirements
- Undertaking training and self-development
- Ensuring confidentiality and security of all firm and client documentation
- Maintaining high standards in client work processing
- Sign-up clients, advising them of tribunal role and their powers
- Preparing files for tribunal hearings
- Providing legal advice and support to clients
- Representing clients at tribunal and hospital managers hearings
- Review of Tribunal decisions
- Close files and prepare for billing
How to Apply:
This opportunity is being managed confidentially by HarKaye Core Talent. If you’re an experienced Mental Health Accredited Panel Member looking for a new challenge within a well-regarded firm, we’d love to speak with you. Please apply with your CV or contact us directly to arrange a confidential conversation.
