Legal Assistant

Job Title: Legal Assistant: Litigation and Social Care
Location: Harrow Council
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for Harrow Council
Contract Type: Temporary
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 (36 Hours per week)
Overview of a Legal Assistant: Litigation and Social Care
Pertemps have an exciting opportunity within Harrow Council for a self-driven and motivated Legal Assistant: Litigation and Social Care to join an expanding team. The role has a competitive pay rate of up to £15.39 per Hour. Other benefits include excellent training and support for career development and 21 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays).
The Main Purpose of a Legal Assistant:
" To support HB Public Law by carrying out legal work and developing, implementing and supporting cutting edge practice management processes. Specifically, this will include:
" To advise on, and have conduct of, legal files for civil and criminal litigation, children's and adults' social care and education matters on behalf of the shared services councils and other clients. There are opportunities for Legal Assistants to move between teams to cover a wider range of legal specialists.
" To provide advice / undertake research and support lawyers as requested in respect of the work.
" In addition, the role includes clerking Education Exclusion Panel meetings and assisting with training of panel members and officers which can take place outside of normal office hours and offsite.
" The role will be supervised by qualified colleagues and the post holder will be expected to provide administrative and systems assistance as a super user of an electronic case management system.
About you, the successful Legal Assistant: Litigation and Social Care should:
" To comply with agreed office procedures, relevant sections of the Inter-Authority Agreements, and Lexcel & IIP standards at all times.
" To support a team of lawyers covering some of the following: civil and criminal litigation and children's and/or adults social care and education work.
" To comply with agreed office procedures, relevant sections of the Inter-Authority Agreements, and Lexcel & IIP standards at all times.
" To contribute to ensuring the legal team and the Council are aware of, and trained in, relevant developments in law and policy and receives guidance on their implementation in good time to plan their responses.
" To ensure that the service provided is (a) responsive to corporate and customer requirements, (b) provides value for money to the highest professional standard and (c) complies with Lexcel requirements.
" To have conduct of routine cases including civil and criminal litigation and children's and adults' social care and education matters, with appropriate minimal supervision.
" When required to carry out work for, and under the control of, HB Public Law Limited, the Alternative Business Structure which has been established by Harrow Council to deliver legal services to certain third party organisations.
About us
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.
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