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About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Lawyer (In-House Advocate - Children) to join Brent’s impressive Civic Centre. This role involves actively supporting the management of the department, providing expert legal advice on children’s social services law, and conducting high-quality advocacy in various courts.
Responsibilities
- Actively support the management of the department.
- Provide high-level and proactive expert legal advice on children’s social services law to the Council, its members, and officers.
- Serve as a point of contact for members and senior officers on legal matters pertaining to Children public law.
- Attend court or tribunals or public inquiries as a Senior Advocate.
- Conduct high-quality advocacy in the High Court, Family Court, and Coroners Court, including all hearings up to contested/complex hearings.
- Monitor the quality of work undertaken by the team.
Requirements
- Experience of conducting Children public law hearings from urgent/first appointments to contested final hearings.
- Must provide a supporting statement clearly showing how essential requirements are met.
- CV accepted in support of application, but supporting statement is required.
- Posts working with children, young people, and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and other employment clearances.
- Must be willing to attend court, with the local court being West London Family Court.
Skills
- Advocacy in Children Public Law
- Legal advice on children’s social services law
- High Court advocacy
- Family Court advocacy
- Coroners Court advocacy
Location
- Civic Centre
- Other locations from time to time
- Remote
Work Type
- Permanent
- 36 hours per week
- Hybrid working
- Flexible working
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Admitted Solicitor
- Qualified Barrister
- Chartered CILEX with litigation rights
Salary/Compensations
- £58,461 - £61,653 p.a. inc. London weighting
Benefits
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Excellent pension with generous employer contributions (LGPS)
- Hybrid and flexible working options
- Supportive family-friendly policies
- Health and wellbeing support
- Access to eye test support
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial support for education sessions, childcare deposit loans, and season ticket loans
- Travel perks including affordable parking, Cycle to Work scheme, and great onsite facilities
- Learning and development opportunities
- Access to My Brent Rewards with exclusive discounts
About the Company
- Brent is a tremendously vibrant London Borough with a long history of ethnic and cultural diversity.
- The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community.
- Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.
- Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions.
Equal Opportunity
- This Job posting is open to Internal and External Applicants
- Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this.
- We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.
- We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions.
- We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria.