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Undertaking your own advocacy over a variety of cases, you’ll provide a high quality litigation and advice service to the Children’s Safeguarding and Specialist Services Department and its Director. As well as preparing cases you’ll work with Counsel when they are instructed in matters before the High Court, County Court and Magistrates Court. You’ll investigate and advise on the implications of changing legislation, case law guidance and policy too. And, in addition to advising at Legal Planning meetings, you’ll make recommendations to the Assistant Chief Legal Officer on improvements to procedures and practice.

Your post-qualification experience should include dealing with a broad range of childcare litigation cases. And, as well as a good knowledge of legal matters in childcare litigation, you should have a solid grounding in advocacy. You must also be able to work well both as part of a team and on your own initiative.