Job Description
Are you an experienced Solicitor who wants to make a difference advising, training and supporting childcare social work practitioners across Scotland?
This is a fantastic opportunity to share your knowledge and talent. You should have significant experience and knowledge of childcare law in Scotland particularly for children and families with care experience in fostering, kinship care and adoption. Understanding routes to permanence is central to the role.
The Legal Consultant role will provide interpretation of the law for social work practitioners and solicitors practicing within Scottish Local Authorities, hosting a Forum for Local Authority and Private Practice Solicitors and organising and facilitating an annual conference for legal and social work members. The role also includes developing and providing training on the law for social work practitioners and related professions through open workshops and commissioned training.
Our Legal Consultant should be able to provide authoritative advice in response to legal enquiries from our members and to participate, where appropriate in policy workstreams.
About us:
We are an independent charity that promotes and facilitates evidence-informed best practice in fostering, kinship care and adoption, through advising, training, and influencing practitioners and policymakers, and supporting them to improve outcomes for children and families...