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We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join the Council’s Children, Adults & Education Legal Team.

You will work closely with the Council’s children’s social care, adult social care and education services and other services as well as the legal services team and will therefore have good customer care and interpersonal skills, good communication and problem solving skills and will work well as part of a team and be flexible, enthusiastic and committed.

As a Legal Assistant you will be primarily responsible for assisting the in-house legal team. This will include drafting court documents, liaising with social workers & other professionals and undertaking research. In addition you will have a responsibility for running your own caseload of Police Disclosure applications and Non-School Attendance Prosecutions which will involve undertaking your own advocacy in respect of which full training will be provided.

The role will involve providing support to solicitors to enable them to provide comprehensive, cost effective, responsive and quality legal work as part of the Council’s in-house legal team in close cooperation with the relevant Directorates.

Your style and approach will reflect our values and behaviours: you will be committed to continually learning and improving the way you do things to ensure effective outcomes; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver service; you will take ownership of your actions and strive to getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a working knowledge of law within the areas of specialism, have the ability to support legal case work with minimum supervision, be able to prioritise their own workload and work to tight deadlines.

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision is working together to build the best future for all our communities and everyone in Trafford

Trafford really is a great place to work. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do

We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.

You will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.

For an informal discussion, or to find out more about the role, please email Cath Turner at [email protected]

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

Trafford recognises the importance of staff wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including mental health first aiders, staff network groups (LGBT+/Carers/BAME/Disability) and health and wellbeing events.

Our great benefits include:-
Local Government Pension Scheme

Home Technology Scheme
Car Lease Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Simply Healthcare
Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'

Ability to ‘buy back’ extra annual leave

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