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Youth Legal

Work With Us

We are committed to building a skilled, supportive and mission-driven team.

Current Vacancies:

Community Care Supervising Solicitor

  • London/hybrid
  • Salary: Up to £44,000 depending on experience
  • Deadline: Rolling, early applications encouraged

More information here: Community Care Solicitor Job Description

Women and people from underrepresented backgrounds are statistically less likely to apply for roles unless they meet all of the listed criteria, so we strongly encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every requirement but feel they could bring value to the role.

Apply Here:


Volunteering

Volunteers play an important role in supporting our work, including research, signposting, outreach and administrative support.

Volunteer Roles:


Legal Assistant

Duties can include:

  • Assisting advisors with their cases
  • Letter drafting
  • Legal research
  • Filing papers at court
  • Data entry on case management system and data base
  • Supporting and advising clients with various tasks including accessing community resources they require
  • Follow up to find if client has attended appointments / obtained the information of service they required and if not assist to rebook
  • Providing referral and signposting advice to clients
  • Attend marketing events


Social Media Assistant

Duties can include:

  • Participating in drafting and implementing our social media strategy
  • Producing marketing materials such as leaflets and flyers
  • Use of infographics
  • Curating our social media on Twitter and Facebook
  • Producing videos i.e. for Snapchat and YouTube
  • Updating our website
  • Attend marketing events
  • Other projects promoting our message


Admin Assistant

Duties can include:

  • Answering the telephone
  • Triaging clients on reception and phone
  • General admin tasks such as processing incoming and outgoing post
  • Archiving files
  • Attending Trustee Board meetings and taking minutes
  • Supporting and advising clients with various tasks including accessing community resources they require
  • Follow up to find if client has attended appointments / obtained the information of service they required and if not assist to rebook
  • Providing referral and signposting advice to clients
  • Attend marketing events

For more information, click here: Volunteer Info

If you are interested in volunteering opportunities, please submit an application form.

Button – volunteer application form

Button – work experience application form


Board of Trustees

At its simplest, the role of the Trustee Board is to ensure the effective governance of the charity by safeguarding the assets of the charity and applying them for the charitable purposes as declared in the objects of the charity.

In addition, Trustees are expected to:

· Provide effective and inspirational governance to Youth Legal

· Work in partnership with the Director to help achieve the mission of Youth Legal

· Champion Youth Legal

The Trustee Board must always act in the best interests of Youth Legal, exercising the same duty of care that a prudent person of business would in looking after the affairs of someone for whom he had responsibility. The Trustee Board must act as a group and not as individuals.

We are hiring for:

Chair of the Board of Trustees - more information here:

Treasurer - more information here:

Trustee - more information here:

Youth Advisory Board

We are committed to ensuring young people aged 16–25 are at the heart of our organisation.

Information about our Youth Advisory Board can be found on the About page.

Applications for our next Youth Advisory Board will open shortly. Please check back or subscribe to our mailing list for updates.

As a small specialist charity, we rely on donations and grant funding to sustain our services.

Your donation helps prevent homelessness, secure social care provision and stabilise young people facing crisis.

To donate, please visit our Get Involved page or contact us directly.