We are an in-house, public-sector legal service, supporting Coventry City Council to make a difference in the lives of the people of Coventry every, single day.
Coventry City Council’s Legal and Procurement Services are part of the public sector providing in-house legal support and have custodial responsibility for public spending to Coventry City Council.
The Legal Services team offers a professional comprehensive, tailor-made service to address legal issues of every description. The team is highly motivated, eager to develop and face challenges head-on.
Besides being great people, our in-house legal team delivers a professional, comprehensive service, ready to deal with any legal issue. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work with people who are passionate about delivering the One Coventry vision and dedicated to growing and facing challenges head-on. It is one of our core values to support your career growth, and we will always find time to help you succeed.
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, accepting of all and free from discrimination and bias.
Our ValuesIn line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles.
Our Values are:
Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
What is the job role?The Case Management Team represents Coventry Children's Services in child care and adoption proceedings. In this position, you will work on some of the most sensitive cases, as well as the most rewarding ones, supporting Coventry Children’s Services to achieve the best outcomes for children in our city.
We are seeking a childcare lawyer to join the Case Management legal team. In this role, you will manage a varied caseload of childcare cases and advise on all aspects of Child Protection and Safeguarding law. You will work as part of a friendly and supportive team that handles public law childcare and adoption proceedings on behalf of Coventry Children's Service, providing quality legal services and managing a caseload of public law children's cases through the court process.
A team of in-house advocates is available for more complex hearings, but some advocacy may be required as well. The role will be supported by supervision and training. Additionally, you will receive legal officer support to help you manage your cases. Your primary role will be to manage cases during care proceedings, but you will also handle cases during the pre-proceeding stage of the PLO.
We are a diverse forward-thinking Legal Services team that embraces hybrid working, enabling you to achieve that elusive, better work/life balance (you can even boost your annual entitlement by 18 days!). We occupy a modern building right by Coventry station, so we are easily accessible by public transport.
Who are we looking for?We seek applications from Solicitors, Barristers, and Legal Executives with experience or an interest in advising children's safeguarding matters.
If you have experience in child protection or other relevant areas, whether in the public or private sector, we would like to hear from you. We recognise transferable skills and assist lawyers in supporting, mentoring, and further developing their skills in this rewarding field.
You will be a culturally competent individual who champions diversity and inclusion.
Our clients and Children in Care come from a variety of backgrounds and to deliver the best possible service we must have a workforce that represents and understands their unique experiences and perspectives.
Within our team men and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented, as a result, we would like to encourage both men and people from minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post. This does not prevent any other applicants with or without a protected characteristic from applying for the post.
For an informal conversation about this challenging and rewarding role, please contact Nancy Perkins Solicitor, Case Management Team Leader – Nancy.perkins@coventry.gov.uk
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'
About CoventryCoventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies
