Social Welfare Paralegal

We are looking for a paralegal to support our community care, Court of Protection (welfare), public law and housing solicitors based in our Whitechapel and Clapham Junction offices.

Our paralegals play a key role in our team dealing with new client enquiries; assisting with casework advice and litigation; and carrying out some administrative tasks. The majority of our work is funded by legal aid.

We reward performance, provide flexible working practices and positively encourage every individual’s contribution as to how we deliver services. As acknowledged in our Lexcel accreditation, we offer excellent support and training opportunities and we only recruit trainee solicitors from internal candidates.

You will need to share our passion for access to justice and it would be advantageous to have had some experience of working within an organisation delivering housing, Court of Protection or community care law advice.

For full job requirements please see the information pack available on our website.

Salary: £23,000 per annum

The successful candidate will be based in our Whitechapel office but may need to carry out some work from our Clapham Junction office depending on a client’s requirements.

Note we will not process any applications where a TV Edwards application form has not been completed

Completed application forms together with an equality monitoring questionnaire must be sent by email to: lisa.walton@tvedwards.com