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Child Law Legal Assistant

JS Legal Recruitment Ltd
Posted 23 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Witham, Essex CM82XA, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Our client, a multi-office law firm in Essex, is seeking an experienced Child Law Legal Assistant to join their expanding Family department.
  • The role primarily involves handling public law cases, managing the solicitor's daily activities, and liaising with various legal professionals and local authorities.
  • Candidates should have experience as a Child Law Legal Assistant, Family Paralegal, or Family Legal Secretary, along with strong IT skills and excellent communication abilities.
  • The position offers a pleasant working environment with hours from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm, and includes free parking.
  • The salary for this position is not explicitly mentioned, but relevant experience is required for applicants.

Child Law Legal Assistant

Our client a multi- office law firm , providing a first class service to people and businesses throughout Essex. Are seeking a detailed -orientated experienced Child Law Legal Assistant to join their expanding Family department with mainly public law cases.

Our client is committed to providing excellent customer service, if you’re an experienced Child Law Legal Assistant our client would like to hear from you.

The Role

  • Working within the child law team dealing mainly with public law cases
  • Using digital dictation system to produce correspondence related to family maters
  • Responsible for the smooth and efficient running of the solicitor’s day to day activities
  • Liaising with local authorities, solicitors , Barristers, courts and guardians
  • Processing applications, preparing court bundles
  • Lodging documents, preparing short documents i.e. position statements and processing LLA online claims
  • Meeting with clients taking notes
  • Diary management
  • General administration ,including filing ,photocopying, faxing and scanning

The Candidate

  • Ideally you will be an experienced child law legal assistant, Family paralegal or Family Legal Secretary
  • Experience with case management
  • Experienced with processing LAA online claims
  • Strong IT Skills including Microsoft Word, Excel ,Outlook
  • Excellent communication skills and a sympathetic ear
  • Hours Monday to Friday 9am- 5.30pm
  • Pleasant working environment
  • Free parking

Apply Now.

Contact Julie Sheridan at JS Legal Recruitment Ltd, quoting reference JSL2283 OR email now your cv or call for a confidential discussion .

For more information on other vacancies JS Legal recruitment Ltd are handling please visit our website.

All successful applications will be responded to within 7 working days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.