Attorney 1,2,3

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave

Holidays and Leave

State Employees Retirement

Zusammenfassung

State of Louisiana in Baton Rouge seeks a dedicated attorney to provide legal representation for abused and neglected children and for individuals with mental disabilities. This role involves advocating for the child’s best interests and ensuring access to remedies under the law.

Responsibilities include investigations, court appearances, and collaboration with hospital staff and community partners, with opportunity to train others in legal rights and provider duties.

Qualifikationen

• Advises clients on legal rights and the court process in a developmentally appropriate manner.
• Represents abused and neglected children and mentally disabled individuals in legal matters.
• Supervises staff and oversees data collection and reporting.

Aufgaben

• Advises children and mental health patients about legal rights, court processes, and options.
• Advocates for the child’s expressed wishes and best interests throughout the case.
• Conducts investigations, reviews records, interviews relevant individuals, and oversees discovery.
• Provides ongoing legal representation at hearings, reviews, and school conferences.
• Collaborates with hospital staff and service providers; trains on rights and duties.

Kenntnisse

Advocacy

Client rights guidance

Court appearances

Ausbildung

Louisiana Bar license

Jobbeschreibung

About This Job

The Office of Mental Health Advocacy Service has a vacancy.

Our mission is to ensure that our clients’ voices are heard and that they receive every right and remedy afforded to them under the law.

Our goal is to provide high-quality legal counsel and representation to our clients, address systemic issues that affect the rights of more than one client and require a remedy, act as a clearinghouse for information relative to adults and children with mental health diagnoses and children in need of care, and provide training to various individuals/agencies.

This position is responsible for providing legal representation for abused and neglected children and also for children and/or adults with mental disabilities and substance abuse disorders in the Baton Rouge Region and surrounding area.

Job Duties

• Advises children and mental health patients of their legal rights, the court process, counsel’s role, and available options in a developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive manner, while determining and honoring client preferences.
• Advocates for the expressed wishes of the child throughout the case and, when necessary, determines and advances the child’s best interests.
• Conducts thorough, ongoing investigations and discovery, including review of medical, mental health, social service, educational, law enforcement, and court records, and interviews relevant individuals.
• Provides continuous legal representation by attending and participating in all court hearings, treatment and placement reviews, administrative proceedings, and school conferences relevant to the client.
• Collaborates with hospital staff, service providers, and community partners; advises on patient rights and violations; and delivers training on legal rights and provider responsibilities.
• Oversees IV-E data collection and reporting, ensures timely and accurate documentation of client status changes, supervises and supports staff as assigned, and provides guidance and training to lower-rank attorneys and support personnel.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law.

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type: This vacancy may be filled by job appointment, which is temporary in nature, not to exceed 48 months. If filled as a job appointment, the position may be converted to a probabilistic appointment, provided a vacant position becomes available, and funding is available.

Career Progression: This vacancy participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as an Attorney 1, 2, or 3.

Compensation: The Salary range listed on the job posting reflects the pay grade minimum and maximum for the Attorney 1 job title. The salary range pay grade minimum and maximum for the other levels of the career progression group can be viewed using the links below: Attorney 2 Attorney 3.

This position is full-time. Establishing or continuing an outside practice is prohibited while being employed in this agency.

Applicants with experience working with juveniles and persons with mental illness and/or disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Candidate must possess a valid driver's license. Travel is required.

Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.

Benefits

• Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
• Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
• Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
• State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
• Retirement – State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To): Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Holidays and Leave

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

Retirement

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

For Further Information About This Posting, Please Contact

Erica R. Gay

HR Specialist

Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources

email: [e-mail]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

Job Appointment Assessment Questions

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• PLEASE NOTE: Experience as a licensed attorney will only be credited on and after the date (mm/yy) you gained your law license. If you do not provide the issue date, we will be unable to credit any experience listed. If you answered yes to the question above, please list your Bar Roll Number and the original issuance date of your license (mm/yy). If you answered no to the question above, please type "N/A".

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• Required Question

Please describe in detail your experience working with children and persons with disabilities. If this does not apply to you, enter N/A.