Job Description

Care Secretary Vacancy - Leeds Based

We're looking for a Care Secretary who shares our passion for making a positive impact in childcare law. Join our friendly, forward-thinking team in Leeds, where your commitment to excellent client care and your enthusiasm for helping vulnerable people will be truly valued. In this role, you'll play a vital part in assisting a Care Solicitor, enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a range of unique benefits, including extra holidays for your birthday and life admin and health scheme. If you want your work to matter and your skills to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Role:

The prime role of a Legal Secretary is to provide secretarial support to the care team lawyers. To exercise high standards of client care at all times in a professional and pleasant manner. To ensure confidentiality and security of all the firm's and client documentation and information. To maintain clear and precise communication with other personnel within the firm.

To ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations. To undertake any reasonable task as requested.

Your responsibilities will include:

Typing documents including court documents, emails and file notes, etc for the fee earner's Preparing legal aid applications Opening files on the case management system Answering calls and assisting clients with enquiries Liaising with clients/professionals to arrange appointments/meetings, etc. Dealing with incoming emails/post and corresponding as appropriate Digital dictation (BigHand) Ensuring the case management database is continually kept updated. Ensuring files are fully time recorded for billing Preparing bundles. Assisting other fee earners within the team. Ensuring the experts' register is updated. Providing cover for other secretaries in their absence

Person specification - key skills/qualifications required:

Previous experience of working within a Care department at a firm of solicitors, or other similar experience. Good telephone manner Good typing skills and use of digital dictation Highly motivated Highly organised Willingness to take on new tasks. Proactive and using initiative. Efficient Able to prioritise workloads of different fee earners.

Our offer

Competitive salary

Work life balance

Hybrid working is available after a probation period.

25 days holiday plus statutory, plus extra days for long service.

An extra day's holiday for your birthday

2 x days off for Life Admin Days

Health Scheme

2 x Non -Contractual Bonuses per year

Pension

Christmas party get togethers.

Equal Opportunity

An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other consideration prohibited by law.

Job Types:

Full-time, Permanent

Salary:

Depending on experience

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Company events Company pension Health & wellbeing programme Paid volunteer time Sick pay Work from home
Work Location: In person