Paralegal (Court of Protection)

This is a great opportunity for a Paralegal to join a fast paced and friendly Court of Protection team based in Reading.

The ideal candidate for this role will already have some Paralegal experience. You will be enthusiastic and will have a good degree of resilience and composure to provide a high- quality and professional service to our fee earners of the Court of Protection Team and our clients.

You will be part of a rapidly expanding, friendly team and valued for your individual contribution with support to develop your skills and experience by offering training to the right person.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to senior fee earners with their caseloads
• Monitoring expenditure
• Obtaining quotations for professional services
• Arranging insurance policies
• Reviewing expert reports and completing/ updating status sheet
• Preparation of file audits and working budgets
• Arranging for funds transfers, payment of invoices, opening accounts and completing bank forms
• Making arrangements and preparing agendas for Deputy’s annual meetings
• Drafting basic letters and articles
• Carry out research on basic legal matters
• Create OPG reports
• Preparation of Court forms
• Ensure file management, case management and administration are kept up to date using IMANAGE, Elite, Matter Sphere, Microsoft Teams and Outlook 365 packages
• Preparing forms for benefits reviews, PPO checks

Experience / Attributes required

• A genuine interest in working with and on behalf of vulnerable people
• Ability to adapt to difficult situations and provide empathy
• Work unsupervised within scope of instructions/protocols from senior fee earners
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines independently
• Experience with financial transactions and calculations
• Excellent IT skills plus good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including some basic drafting
• Good interpersonal skills

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• 4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution towards the pension scheme
• Life Assurance – 5 x final salary
• An additional days holiday for your birthday
• A weekly Wellbeing hour
• 8 hours per annum for charity work
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle scheme
• Cash back medical plan
• Discounted retail benefits
• Bring your dog to work
• Social committee events

Team structure

• 4 x Partners
• 4 x Associate Solicitors
• 3 x Senior paralegals
• 6 x paralegals
• 5 x Administrators