Legal assistant - childcare

Sellick Partnership; Stratford-upon-Avon; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Training provided

Flexible hours

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is seeking a locum legal assistant/paralegal to join its in-house childcare team. The role involves supporting a designated solicitor, handling care cases, and maintaining tight diary management under time pressure.

Remote candidates will be considered for a full-time locum position, with online training provided. Experience in public childcare cases is essential, and you will perform drafting, disclosure, and court filing tasks while building strong working relationships

Qualifications

• Previous experience on public childcare cases is essential.
• Ability to manage diaries and multitask under time pressure.
• Experience drafting case documents and handling disclosures.
• Proficiency with a case management system.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and draft a range of case documents.
• Deal with disclosure requests and review evidence.
• Redact documents and file/serve documents.
• Arrange meetings and assist case progression.
• Conduct legal research on childcare law.
• Bundle preparation including witness bundles.
• Manage invoices and diary entries.

Skills

Legal research

Case management

Diary management

Multi-tasking

Tools

Case management system

Job description

Calling all childcare specialists!

I am recruiting for a legal assistant/paralegal to join a well-established in house legal services team which specialises in Children's Law. This role is to join a very good client of mine and feedback from candidates is excellent on both their ethics and work practices.

The role is to join their team as a locum legal assistant/paralegal specialising in public childcare cases. This role is expected to last 6 months minimum. The work is done on a full-time locum basis and remote candidates will be considered. You would receive all training and induction online.

My client is looking for a legal assistant to help with matters and filing relating to the care cases. You would work one to one with a designated solicitor and be able to assist on their cases and build a strong and meaningful working relationship with that chosen individual. The work is highly sensitive and time pressures are great, so they are looking for someone who has excellent diary management and multi-tasking skills.

Daily tasks could involve:

• Preparing and drafting a range of case documents.
• Dealing with disclosure requests.
• Reviewing evidence and documents.
• Redacting documents.
• Filing and serving documents.
• Arranging meetings & assisting with case progression. Ensuring all documents are accurate and proof reading for any discrepancies.
• Performing legal research on points of childcare law.
• Filing & issuing documents at court.
• Bundle preparation including witness bundles and trial bundles.
• Dealing with invoices.
• Daily use of the case management system.

***Previous experience of working on public childcare cases is essential***

If you do have a sound working knowledge of Care Act cases and are looking for your next challenge, then.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV.