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Work for us

Join our team and be part of a cutting edge team using the law to fight social exclusion in society.

We are proud of our excellent local and national reputation. We achieve outstanding results for clients and our community. The commitment, dedication and hard work of our staff and volunteers make this possible. 

As well as employing lawyers who specialise in social welfare law, we also employ caseworkers, paralegals, project coordinators and support staff. We work together to deliver high quality services. We currently employ 62 people on a full and part time basis across our two offices in Birmingham and Coventry.

The work we do is challenging, our clients are vulnerable and need considerable support. We are a fun and supportive team that welcome the diverse contributions of each individual. 

We provide comprehensive opportunities for training and development, involve staff in the development of organisational strategy, operate policies that support a work-life balance and a working environment that meets the needs of all employees.

We are committed to the principle of being an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Accordingly, we will ensure that recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment because of a protected characteristic i.e. race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, trade union membership or non-membership, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, age, or on the basis of being a part-time or fixed term worker. 

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committee to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

See our current paid vacancies below or find out about opportunities as they become available follow us on Twitter @CELCcov

To obtain an application pack or discuss a vacancy in more detail please contact [email protected] or telephone 02476 223053.

Welfare Benefits - Caseworker/ Solicitor – Birmingham

Experienced caseworker £28,033 - £30,980 depending on experience. Qualified solicitor £28,860 - £32,907 depending on experience. Closing date: 18 January 2021

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Central England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free specialist legal advice to people in Coventry and Birmingham who are most in need. We advocate for people, challenge unfair decisions, take cases to the highest courts and work in partnerships with other support services.

Operating from our main office in Coventry City Centre and our Birmingham office in Tyesley, we work tirelessly to fulfil our vision of a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met, and in which everybody is able to thrive.

We are looking to a appoint a welfare benefits caseworker/solicitor to work on our Foundations for Integration project which has been designed to provide immigration and welfare benefits advice to migrant communities in Birmingham.  This is a partnership project co-ordinated by Birmingham City Council and working alongside colleagues at ASIRT and Birmingham Refugee and Migrant Centre.  We provide legal advice directly to clients and advice to partners and other front-line agencies working with migrant communities via a consultancy email and phone service.  A wide variety of welfare benefits work is referred to us but inevitably there will be a focus on EU rights to reside, entitlements after the end of the Transition Period and transition of those granted refugee or other status to mainstream benefits.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play an essential role in a friendly organisation that is trying to make a difference to the lives of those people in our communities that are most vulnerable.

This role is initially funded until 30 April 2022 but there may be an opportunity for the role to continue subject to future funding secured.

Whilst you will be based in Birmingham, the role will require flexibility to visit both offices for supervision and business/project needs as required.  Due to the current COVID situation, our staff are currently working at home when they can and coming into our offices and attending court on as needed basis.

Our terms and conditions include flexible working hours; 28 days holiday (rising to 35 days after 5 years’ service) pro rate, plus 8 statutory days and pension scheme membership.

For an application pack please email [email protected] Applications may be submitted by post or by email to [email protected]

Salary

Experienced caseworker £28,033 - £30,980 depending on experience.

Qualified solicitor £28,860 - £32,907 depending on experience.

Closing date: 18 January 2021 - 9.00am

Interviews:  25th January 2021

We strive to be an Equal Opportunities employer.

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2.aboutcentralenglandlawcentre.pdfAbout CELC

2.aboutcentralenglandlawcentre.pdfJob Description and Person Spec 

2.aboutcentralenglandlawcentre.pdfCompliance Statement 

Published: 2nd January, 2021

Updated: 13th January, 2021

Author: Ciaran Leeman

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Re-Advertisement - Community Care Solicitor / Caseworker

We are looking to appoint a Community Care Solicitor / Caseworker to join our Health & Social Care Team to work on an exciting new project: Rights in Peril, which concerns the impact of Care Act ‘easements’ on health and social care service-users and their carers.

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Community Care Solicitor / Caseworker

Part time x 3 days (22.5 hours) per week

Salary £28,033-£32,907 FTE  pro rata depending on experience

Central England Law Centre is the UK’s largest Law Centre, with a national reputation for innovation and excellence in its legal practice. We are a charity that provides free legal advice, operating from our main office in Coventry City Centre and our Birmingham office in Tyesley.  We currently employ over 60 staff and work with volunteers and students from local universities. 

 We are looking to appoint a Community Care Solicitor / Caseworker to join our Health & Social Care Team to work on an exciting new project: Rights in Peril, which concerns the impact of Care Act ‘easements’ on health and social care service-users and their carers.

 This post is based at our Coventry Office and you will (i) analyse the impact of Care Act ‘easements’ on health and social care service-users and their carers; (ii) represent of clients whose assessments, support plans or packages appear to have been affected by easements (whether they were formally in operation or not); and (iii) develop insights and expertise to enable Central England Law Centre to meaningfully contribute locally and nationally to the debate about the future of social care post-pandemic and the role of legal rights within the social care framework.

 This is a fantastic opportunity to play an essential role in a friendly organisation that is trying to make a difference to the lives of those people in our communities that are most vulnerable.

 This project is initially funded for 12 months but there may be an opportunity for the role to continue subject to future funding secured.

 This post can be primarily based at either our office in Birmingham (Tyseley) or in Coventry (city centre location) both benefiting from easy access to public transport connections. The role will require flexibility to work across and visit both offices for supervision and business/project needs as required.  Due to the current COVID situation, our staff are currently working at home when they can and coming into our offices and attending court on as needed basis.

 Our terms and conditions include flexible working hours; 28 days holiday (rising to 35 days after 5 years’ service) pro rate, plus 8 statutory days and pension scheme membership.

 For an application pack please email [email protected] Applications may be submitted by post or by email to [email protected]

 

Closing date: 10.00am - 18th January 2021

Interviews:  21st January 2021 

 

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About CELC

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Published: 4th November, 2020

Updated: 6th January, 2021

Author: Ciaran Leeman

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Trustee Position - Unpaid

We are seeking three new trustees to join our high-calibre Board and executive team in governing the organisation and leading our strategy.

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This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an award-winning organisation which leaves no stone unturned in the quest for social justice for society’s most disadvantaged people.

You will be joining an experienced Board of Trustees from a wealth of backgrounds, all with a shared interest in access to justice.

Ideal candidates will bring skills in finance and/or local knowledge of Birmingham and have experience of playing a strategic leadership role in a complex organisation contributing to non-executive governance.

You may not have been a Trustee before. If that is the case we support all our Trustees to develop with a full induction programme and bespoke training and ongoing support.

The Law Centre takes every opportunity to provide services to meet community need and to fill the gaps left by the cuts to legal aid and other funding. We have taken a decision not to charge for our services and have attracted a wide range of funding whilst remaining true to our fundamental principles. Apparent disasters like the closure of the former Birmingham Law Centre, have been turned into opportunities, and Britain’s second city now benefits from the new Birmingham Community Law Centre thanks to the Central England Law Centre team.

Strong governance, finance expertise and local knowledge is essential for our mission, we believe that our strategy and reach can be developed and expanded even further with the right guidance.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity in more detail please contact our CEO  [email protected]

Come join the team!

Further information 

3.instructionstoapplicants.docTrustee Eligibility Declaration

3.instructionstoapplicants.docTrustee Role, Responsibility and Person Spec 

3.instructionstoapplicants.docTrustee Vacancy Background Info

Published: 8th July, 2019

Updated: 3rd December, 2020

Author: Claire Stern

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    The Law Centre is a resource for the whole community and we rely on our amazing team of volunteers help us reach more people with our services.

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    We want to live in a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met and they are enabled to thrive. We are the largest Law Centre in the UK. We provide free specialist legal advice to people across central England.

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    Following the breakdown of a relationship, we provide advice and representation on all aspects of family and childcare law.

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    All our services are free funded by a wide range of partners and supporters.

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    The national Law Centre movement was started in the 1970s by radical lawyers who were disappointed in the failure of the welfare state to eradicate poverty and deliver a more equal society. Coventry Law Centre was founded in 1976 by four Councillors: Tom McLatchie, Gilbert Richards, Arthur Waugh Senior and Charles Ward. Coventry City Council has been a key supporter of our work ever since.

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    Every day we help people to know their legal rights and have them upheld. We change the lives of the people we help, and change society to make it fairer for all and more equal.

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