Job Description

• Manage a varied caseload of public law children matters under legal aid funding.
• Represent clients in care proceedings, including PLO meetings and court hearings.
• Work closely with Guardians, Cafcass, local authorities, and other professionals.
• Conduct advocacy, where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with Legal Aid Agency (LAA) requirements and billing processes.
• Maintain excellent client care and case progression standards.
• Participate in business development and maintain the firm's strong local reputation.

About the Organisation:

• CRA are proud to represent a multi-award winning law firm with an excellent reputation. The firm are a regional sized practice who are going from strength to strength with growth plans, departmental / firm expansion and firmwide developments. As a multi-specialist law firm, the firm boast expert, ethical and efficient services to their clients across business and personal areas of practice.
• Due to ongoing growth in their child care department, the firm are seeking an enthusiastic, professional and hard-working individual to join them. In return, the firm can offer you as a successful candidate, the ability to work in an agile, forward-thinking environment, in a business that puts employees first.
• In addition to a strong offering financially, the firm also offer a fantastic employee benefits package (please see below), networking opportunities, discounted travel into work, excellent progression & career development and a supportive & approachable management team.

Employee Benefits Package:

• 26 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Pension scheme
• Access to retail discounts
• Access to healthcare discounts
• Life insurance policy
• Discounted legal services
• Firmwide company bonus scheme
• Social events
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working
• Agile working

About CRA Consulting:

• CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff.
• For additional information on how we can assist you with your next career move, visit the CRA Consulting Website at

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How to Apply:

• If this Care Solicitor vacancy, please click the apply button. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with Rhys Spencer who is managing this vacancy, call 0114 241 8030 for a confidential discussion.
• Are you wanting to review additional career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at

Additional Information:

• CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
• This Care Solicitor vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.

Company
We are at the forefront of legal recruitment and our team of expert legal recruiters understand the needs of our candidates and clients.
Progression, Case Loads, Expertise
We know that our candidates want progression, manageable case loads, and salaries and benefits which reflect their expertise. We know that their purpose is to help people, work with them to have fair representation, and have ambitious career goals in legal. They want us to work with them to find the best legal jobs.
Integrity, Growth, Brand
Our clients want to run their business within integrity - and that's one of our core values. We work with legal firms to attract and retain the best candidates to help them grow. Brand is something at the heart of the legal sector, so we are focused on advising on employee brand to help with attraction and retention.
All Levels of Legal Recruitment
Whether legal, compliance, company secretarial, policy, qualified or non-qualified, temporary or permanent, our expert legal recruitment consultants have a single market focus. Our clients and candidates testify to how we've helped them find the best legal jobs, and help them grow their legal businesses.
Legal jobs we recruit for

• Solicitors
• Legal Executives
• Paralegals
• Law Graduates
• Legal Secretaries
• Legal Office support
• Locum Lawyers
• Legal Cashiers

For more information and to register with us please click on the link below:
https://www.craconsultants.com/users/register/new/registration
CALL: 0114 2418030
Company info Website Telephone 0114 2418030 Location 51 Clarkegorve Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S10 2NH
United Kingdom
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