Senior Lawyer Children Safeguarding

This post is classified as a flexible worker and requires 2 days office attendance a week, although during the probationary period to support learning and assisting the post holder to excel in the role office attendance maybe up to 5 days per week.

Enfield Council is recruiting two Senior Lawyers in its in-house Children's Safeguarding Legal team. These are fantastic opportunities for talented and ambitious individuals to join a friendly, committed and highly regarded team. We would consider applications for full-time or part-time working.
We are looking for qualified lawyers (solicitor, barrister or FILEX) with at least 3 years post qualification experience dealing with complex care and adoption proceedings, non-accidental injury cases, secure accommodation and other complex areas.. Local government experience is preferable but not essential provided you have good experience working in and knowledge of the relevant area of law. The successful candidate will be accustomed to working at pace in a busy team, working on varied and complex issues, and will be a team player who can demonstrate self-motivation and flexibility. The ability to work to deadlines with limited supervision and manage a heavy caseload is essential for this role., Disability Confident
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We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That's why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we'd love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month paid sabbatical for Children's Social Workers