Paralegal (Childcare)
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About the role
27 June 2025 | Category Latest Vacancies
Location – Shefford(although travel to other offices may be required)
Contract Type – Permanent – Full Time (37 hours)
Salary Range – £30,165 – £34,225 DOE
Main Accountabilities
- To assist a team of Lawyers in the provision of a professional legal service to a range of public sector and not for profit clients regarding their social care functions, ensuring awareness of and compliance with legal duties within client organisations and protecting their best interests.
- To manage a case load comprising mainly of children’s social care matters and private law Children Act matters.
- To provide support to Lawyers in the preparation of cases in courts and tribunals, mainly relating to children’s social care.
- To provide support to Lawyers and act as a point of contact on a variety of cases, to include taking instructions and giving advice, carrying out research, preparing expert witnesses, liaising with witnesses, attending meetings and providing advice and representation in courts or tribunals.
For a copy of the Full Job Description. please click here.
For further details about the role and the Childcare team, please click here.
Pathfinder Legal Benefits
- Local Government Pensions Scheme – considered to be one of the best employer contribution rates.
- Flexible working arrangements – we offer flexible hours and hybrid working which allows for remote working but we also require regular office attendance with the aim to give everyone a balanced work/life ratio.
- Family Friendly policies including excellent Maternity, Paternity and Adoption entitlements.
- An exceptional Employee Assistance Program which helps supports employees with workplace changes as well as other work, family and personal issues.
- A generous minimum annual leave entitlement of 24 days, rising on 5 and 10 years service, plus public holidays. With the option to purchase more annual leave.
To apply for this position please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the Person Specification to recruitment@pathfinderlegal.co.uk . When applying, please quote reference ‘CHI-098’. Closing date for applications: Friday 4th July 2025 @ midday Number of vacancies for the role: 2 For a copy of the full Job Description and Person Specification and details of our other vacancies, please visit our website www.pathfinderlegal.co.uk/careers.
PLEASE NOTE: we will only accept applications where a supporting covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and a CV is submitted. Keywords: Paralegal, Lawyer, Children’s social care, social care, law vacancy, law firm, legal vacancy, law jobs, law, law careers, legal jobs, legal vacancy
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Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd is one of the first Alternative Business Structure law firms owned by public bodies established in the UK. Originally called LGSS Law Ltd, established in 2015, the firm has developed and grown before being rebranded in September 2021 as Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd.
Perhaps, because we are quite unlike ordinary commercial law firms, we have attracted a rich diversity of talent. Our team is motivated, proactive and ready to serve our clients. We don’t have ‘Partners’ and are owned by our clients so we truly are wholly unique.
Pathfinder Legal Services began trading as a private law firm in April 2015 and was known as LGSS Law Ltd. The firm sprung from the shared working arrangement between Cambridgeshire County Council and Northamptonshire County Council. In April 2016, Central Bedfordshire Council joined as the third shareholder, cementing the foundations of the firm that we see today. In April 2021, following a local government reorganisation in Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire County Council was abolished and the two new authorities, North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council was created. The two new authorities each took over as shareholders of the firm and Pathfinder Legal Services Limited was created.
Currently owned by Cambridgeshire County Council and Central Bedfordshire Council, a significant proportion of our work remains within the local authority sector. However, over the years our client base has grown and widened to include more than one hundred organisations across the public and not-for-profit sectors including Local Authorities, Children’s Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Foundation Trusts, Charities and Police and Fire Services.
Paralegal (Childcare)
Top Benefits
About the role
27 June 2025 | Category Latest Vacancies
Location – Shefford(although travel to other offices may be required)
Contract Type – Permanent – Full Time (37 hours)
Salary Range – £30,165 – £34,225 DOE
Main Accountabilities
- To assist a team of Lawyers in the provision of a professional legal service to a range of public sector and not for profit clients regarding their social care functions, ensuring awareness of and compliance with legal duties within client organisations and protecting their best interests.
- To manage a case load comprising mainly of children’s social care matters and private law Children Act matters.
- To provide support to Lawyers in the preparation of cases in courts and tribunals, mainly relating to children’s social care.
- To provide support to Lawyers and act as a point of contact on a variety of cases, to include taking instructions and giving advice, carrying out research, preparing expert witnesses, liaising with witnesses, attending meetings and providing advice and representation in courts or tribunals.
For a copy of the Full Job Description. please click here.
For further details about the role and the Childcare team, please click here.
Pathfinder Legal Benefits
- Local Government Pensions Scheme – considered to be one of the best employer contribution rates.
- Flexible working arrangements – we offer flexible hours and hybrid working which allows for remote working but we also require regular office attendance with the aim to give everyone a balanced work/life ratio.
- Family Friendly policies including excellent Maternity, Paternity and Adoption entitlements.
- An exceptional Employee Assistance Program which helps supports employees with workplace changes as well as other work, family and personal issues.
- A generous minimum annual leave entitlement of 24 days, rising on 5 and 10 years service, plus public holidays. With the option to purchase more annual leave.
To apply for this position please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the Person Specification to recruitment@pathfinderlegal.co.uk . When applying, please quote reference ‘CHI-098’. Closing date for applications: Friday 4th July 2025 @ midday Number of vacancies for the role: 2 For a copy of the full Job Description and Person Specification and details of our other vacancies, please visit our website www.pathfinderlegal.co.uk/careers.
PLEASE NOTE: we will only accept applications where a supporting covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and a CV is submitted. Keywords: Paralegal, Lawyer, Children’s social care, social care, law vacancy, law firm, legal vacancy, law jobs, law, law careers, legal jobs, legal vacancy
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- Community Care
- General
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About Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd
Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd is one of the first Alternative Business Structure law firms owned by public bodies established in the UK. Originally called LGSS Law Ltd, established in 2015, the firm has developed and grown before being rebranded in September 2021 as Pathfinder Legal Services Ltd.
Perhaps, because we are quite unlike ordinary commercial law firms, we have attracted a rich diversity of talent. Our team is motivated, proactive and ready to serve our clients. We don’t have ‘Partners’ and are owned by our clients so we truly are wholly unique.
Pathfinder Legal Services began trading as a private law firm in April 2015 and was known as LGSS Law Ltd. The firm sprung from the shared working arrangement between Cambridgeshire County Council and Northamptonshire County Council. In April 2016, Central Bedfordshire Council joined as the third shareholder, cementing the foundations of the firm that we see today. In April 2021, following a local government reorganisation in Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire County Council was abolished and the two new authorities, North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council was created. The two new authorities each took over as shareholders of the firm and Pathfinder Legal Services Limited was created.
Currently owned by Cambridgeshire County Council and Central Bedfordshire Council, a significant proportion of our work remains within the local authority sector. However, over the years our client base has grown and widened to include more than one hundred organisations across the public and not-for-profit sectors including Local Authorities, Children’s Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Foundation Trusts, Charities and Police and Fire Services.