Mental Health Law and Court of Protection Fee Earner/Supervisor

Our client is recruiting a Mental Health Law and Court of Protection Fee Earner/Supervisor who will carry out casework and supervise all Mental Health law/COP caseworkers as directed by the Principal Solicitor in accordance with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and Practice’s requirements.

You will act as the Mental Health Law/COP Fee Earner/ Supervisor. In respect of this, you will:

• Be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a high quality legal service on all mental health law and COP matters.
• Be responsible/assist in the development of the Mental Health Law/COP Department
• Be responsible/assist in the marketing of the Mental Health Law/COP Department in order to bring cases/work into the Department
• Carry out regular supervisions, yearly appraisals, face-to-face file reviews and mentoring of all mental health law/COP caseworkers within the team as required by the LAA and the Principal Solicitor.
• Approve mental health law/COP files for billing every month
• To ensure and check that mental health law/COP files are fully compliant when they have been selected for auditing or peer review,
• Provide support and advice by email or by phone as and when required by mental health law/COP solicitors and caseworkers
• Ensure all relevant changes to mental health law/COP, procedures and practices are disseminated to caseworkers within team providing additional training where necessary.
• Ensure that all client work is managed by all mental health law/ COP caseworkers in accordance with detailed procedures and quality standards contained in the practice’s office manual.
• Ensure that all client work is progressed by the mental health law/COP caseworkers expeditiously and that the client is kept regularly informed on progress and on costs.
• Maintain clear and precise communications with other personnel in the practice.
• Ensure good working relationships with external institutions and organisations.
• In conjunction with the practice, comply with the relevant training requirements of the SRA/LAA and assist with in-house training as may be required.
• In liaison with the Principal Solicitor, to be active in promoting the services of the department, practice and its image and ethos.

Your experience will be:

• Mental Health Law/COP supervisor;
• Mental Health Law/COP solicitor;
• Previous related experience in supervision of Mental Health law/COP matters;
• Commitment to high quality private and legal aid work;
• Experience of working as part of a team when necessary and individual work
• Mental Health law/COP;
• Educated to a degree level;
• Completed and passed the LPC
• Completed and passed Mental Health accreditation scheme