Children’s Asylum Solicitor/ Case Worker, London

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Children’s Solicitor and Senior Caseworker at Asylum Aid, you will be responsible for taking the lead on our unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) work. You will combine this work, which will account for approximately 70% of your time, with conducting other immigration matters, including non-UASC asylum claims, family reunion applications and statelessness applications. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the wider work of the Asylum Aid team, delivering high quality legal services on the full range of protection and trafficking issues that affect migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. You will conduct asylum casework under legal aid funding, with a specialist focus on representing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, and contribute to policy and strategic legal work to promote the rights of children in the asylum system. You will be a qualified solicitor or Immigration caseworker with IAAS Level 2/Senior Caseworker accreditation and have significant experience in publicly funded immigration work under a Legal Aid Agency Contract. You should have, or be able to obtain, Level 2 Children Safeguarding.

As is the nature of this sector, the role will be exposed to a high volume of traumatic and distressing material and, whilst they will be supported by the Asylum Aid Director, supervisors and the surrounding team, they should also be able to demonstrate knowledge of good self-care principles in an intense work environment.