Legal Assistant – Children's Safeguarding (Grade F)

Legal Assistant – Children's Safeguarding (Grade F)

Temporary Contract

Job Details

Client: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Service Area: Legal Services / Children's Safeguarding
Hours: 35 hours per week
Start Date: 26 October 2026
End Date: 25 April 2027
Duration: 26 weeks
Number of Roles: 1

Working Pattern

Hybrid: 1–2 days per week in office, including mandatory Tuesday attendance; remaining days remote.

Location

160 Whitechapel Road, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 1BJ

Pay

PAYE Rate: £20.25 per hour

Job Overview

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to provide administrative and legal support to its Children's Safeguarding Team. The role involves supporting solicitors dealing with child protection, care proceedings and other safeguarding legal matters. Previous Legal Assistant experience within a local government legal department is particularly desirable.

Important – Please Read Carefully

This is a specialist legal support role within a Children's Safeguarding Team. Candidates should have relevant legal support experience, ideally within a UK local authority or public sector legal department. Experience supporting child protection, care proceedings, safeguarding or social care legal matters would be highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to solicitors
• Provide legal support to the safeguarding team
• Assist with child protection legal matters
• Support care proceedings work
• Support other safeguarding legal matters
• Deliver accurate legal administration
• Support solicitors with allocated work
• Maintain professional standards within the legal team

Specific day-to-day tasks will be confirmed by the client.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Legal Assistant or relevant legal support experience
• Legal administration
• Supporting legal professionals
• Confidentiality
• Attention to detail
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Organisational skills
• Accurate administrative work
• Professional teamwork
• Ability to meet deadlines

Desirable

• Local authority legal department experience
• Public sector legal support
• Children's Safeguarding
• Child Protection legal work
• Care proceedings
• Social Care legal team experience
• Supporting children's services solicitors
• Knowledge of safeguarding legal processes

Additional Information

Target Interview Date: 22 October 2026. Online panel interview with Head of Safeguarding and Principal Lawyer for Safeguarding Children.
Candidate Submission Deadline: 20 October 2026.
Maximum CVs per Agency: 5.

Disclaimer

On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client for their consideration of your suitability for the role.

I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify Fix Space Recruitment Limited of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.

Job Reference: OR119000

Strict Screening Questions

1. Do you have previous professional experience working as a Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, Paralegal or in another legal support position? Please provide your job titles, employers and dates of employment.
2. Have you previously worked within a UK local authority or other public sector legal department? If yes, please confirm the organisation, legal team and nature of your responsibilities.
3. Do you have experience supporting solicitors who deal with Children's Safeguarding, Child Protection, Social Care or other related legal matters? Please describe your experience.
4. Have you previously supported legal work relating to care proceedings or other children's safeguarding proceedings? Please explain the type of cases and the legal support you provided.
5. What legal administrative duties have you undertaken when supporting solicitors or a legal team? Please provide examples of your day-to-day responsibilities.
6. Do you have experience working with sensitive, confidential or legally privileged information in a professional legal environment? How have you ensured appropriate confidentiality?
7. Are you comfortable supporting a busy legal team, communicating professionally with solicitors and colleagues, maintaining accuracy and managing administrative deadlines?
8. Do you have relevant knowledge of children's safeguarding legal processes, child protection matters or local authority children's social care legal work? Please provide details.
9. Can you work 35 hours per week on a hybrid basis, attending 160 Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets 1–2 days per week, including mandatory attendance every Tuesday?
10. Are you eligible to work in the UK and able to provide a Confidentiality Agreement, Criminal Convictions Declaration, Declaration of Interest and 2 years references/work history?

Skills: Legal Administration, Legal Assistant, Child Protection, Care Proceedings, Safeguarding, Local Government, Public Sector, Legal Support, Confidentiality, Social Care Law