Inhouse Childcare Advocate

Job Description Childcare Advocate
London Local Authority
Locum Contract
Hybrid Working Arrangement
Sellick Partnership are looking for a Childcare Lawyer, Solicitor or Barrister, who is seeking a new in-house advocacy role within an incredibly supportive and friendly team.
We have a brilliant opportunity for a Childcare Advocate to join a London Local Authority on an interim basis. Our client is looking for a Childcare Solicitor or Barrister with public childcare experience to take on an in-house advocacy role, dealing with the team's court work. Previous advocacy experience or experience as a barrister is therefore highly desirable.
The in-house Childcare Advocate will be required to conduct initial hearings, case management hearings, contested initial hearings, and final hearings. The ideal candidate will have the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with the Court.
Candidates with experience of working for a local authority are highly desirable due to the nature of the role, but our client is also very interested in hearing from Childcare Lawyers from private practice, or Barristers, who have handled substantial public childcare matters in Court.
This role will involve some attendance at the Council offices in South London, and of course Court hearings will be conducted mainly in person...