Legal Caseworker, Scottish Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation Centre (SATEC)
As Legal Caseworker, you will assist the SATEC and/or Scottish Refugee & Migrant Centre (SRMC) solicitors to provide trauma informed legal information, advice and representation to refugees, migrants, and victim-survivors of trafficking and exploitation, throughout Scotland and to input into policy, training and research work linked to the legal work of the Centres.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the work of our innovative legal centres and develop your knowledge and experience of human rights law and practice.
About the Role
As a Legal Caseworker, you will:
- Provide casework support assisting solicitors to provide initial legal advice and human rights information to individuals and organisations, through legal outreach work.
- Provide casework support to assist the solicitors to provide direct legal advice and representation to clients.
- Undertake financial and administrative duties linked to the Centres’ casework, outreach as well as the operation of the Centres.
- Maintain timely and accurate records of work undertaken using our case management system and procedures in a safe, efficient and effective manner.
- Assist the SATEC and/or SRMC solicitors with the development and delivery of internal and external professional training, as well as the development of human rights information and other resources for the Centres’ public legal education programme.
Contract: 6 Month Fixed Term, 0.8 FTE – 28 hours per week
Salary: £27,571 to £30,371
Appointments are ordinarily made at the minimum salary point. Candidates who achieve exceptional scores at shortlisting and interview may be appointed at a higher point. Following appointment, annual progression will take place in line with the charity’s policy.
Benefits: 8% employer pension contribution
37.5 days annual leave (FTE) inclusive of public holidays
Flexitime and flexible working
Remote and hybrid working
Peer support programme
Access to funded counselling service
Personal training and development budget
Location: Home-based and JustRight Scotland (JRS) Offices – Glasgow, with travel expected around Scotland
The closing date for applications is Monday 16 September 2024 at 5.00pm.
You can download the application pack in PDF and Word Doc formats. Please note that the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form is not mandatory to complete.
All applicants will be notified whether they have been selected for an interview as soon as possible after the closing date. Interviews will take place during the week commencing Monday 7th October 2024. These will be held in person unless you require a different arrangement. If shortlisted for interview, you will be asked to prepare a presentation in advance.
Please email completed applications to recruitment@justrightscotland.org.uk with the header PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
If you are applying for both of the Legal Caseworker positions currently advertised, please indicate this in your application and/or notify us by email. You don’t need to replicate your application.
Legal Caseworker, Scottish Just Law Centre (SJLC)
As Legal Caseworker, you will assist the SJLC solicitors to provide legal information, advice and representation to people throughout Scotland who have experienced breach of their human rights, or discrimination as a result of a policy or practice of a public body or public service provider; also to input into policy work linked to the legal and development work of the project.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a ground-breaking national project within an innovative legal centre and to develop your knowledge and experience of human rights and equalities law and practice.
About the Role
As a Legal Caseworker, you will:
- Assist with the provision of initial legal advice and human rights information to individuals and organisations.
- Assist with the provision of direct legal advice and representation to clients.
- Undertake financial and administrative duties linked to the SJLC casework, as well as the operation of the SJLC.
- Assist with administrative work required for the regular review and evaluation of project implementation.
- Attend and contribute to SJLC internal meetings where required.
- Maintain timely and accurate records of work undertaken using our case management system, and any system of the SJLC, and other procedures designed to manage and track our work in a safe, efficient and effective manner as set down in the JRS operational manuals and any manuals and policies designed for the organisation and/or project.
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £27,571 to £30,371
Appointments are ordinarily made at the minimum salary point. Candidates who achieve exceptional scores at shortlisting and interview may be appointed at a higher point. Following appointment, annual progression will take place in line with the charity’s policy.
Benefits: 8% employer pension contribution
37.5 days annual leave (FTE) inclusive of public holidays
Flexitime and flexible working
Remote and hybrid working
Peer support programme
Access to funded counselling service
Personal training and development budget
Location: Home-based and JustRight Scotland (JRS) Offices – Glasgow, with travel expected around Scotland
The closing date for applications is Monday 16 September 2024 at 5.00pm.
You can download the application pack in PDF and Word Doc formats. Please note that the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form is not mandatory to complete.
All applicants will be notified whether they have been selected for an interview as soon as possible after the closing date. Interviews will take place during the week commencing Monday 7th October 2024. These will be held in person unless you require a different arrangement. If shortlisted for interview, you will be asked to prepare a presentation in advance.
Please email completed applications to recruitment@justrightscotland.org.uk with the header PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
If you are applying for both of the Legal Caseworker positions currently advertised, please indicate this in your application and/or notify us by email. You don’t need to replicate your application.
JustRight Interns
Each year we recruit a number of legal interns, as well as policy and communications interns to work with our team, as part of our commitment to providing training and opportunities for future social justice leaders.
We work with the University of Glasgow Law School and with The Robertson Trust Scholars programme to provide paid and unpaid internship opportunities. We also offer an annual dissertation placement to a student from the University of Edinburgh’s LLM in Human Rights.
We are not currently recruiting, but keep an eye on our website and social media to make sure you don’t miss out on our next recruitment round.
JustRight Pro Bono
We are grateful for the support of fellow solicitors, and other professionals, who have generously given their time and skills to further our work. We occasionally require specialist professional advice and services, are open to offers of assistance, or a proposal to collaborate on a specific piece of work.
To make enquiries about a pro bono project with us, please get in touch using our contact form.
