Paralegal - community care

Job Description

We are currently looking for a proactive and forward-thinking Paralegal to join our friendly Community Care team based in Reading. The position is primarily a support role rather than a fee-earning one, providing essential assistance to the Partner and wider team.


As part of this role the candidate will be required to attend to our offices in Reading 2-3 days each week with the ability to be flexible.


Work type:


* Ensure file management, case management and administration are kept up to date
* Assist/provide holiday cover during absences of other fee earners
* Achieve personal target(s)
* Assist the practice group in achieving target(s)
* Develop and achieve firm benchmarks for your role
* Instruct agents in accordance with your team’s requirements
* Diary management
* Document handling on behalf of fee earners
* Billing management
* Depending on candidates experience assist with other ad hoc fee earning tasks
* Assisting with screening new potential clients


Experience/ Attributes required


1. 2 + years of experience working within a similar role
2. Work unsupervised on administration elements of files
3. Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
4. Good interpersonal skills