Senior Attorney - Child Welfare Unit

The City of Philadelphia Law Department seeks an experienced and licensed PA attorney to assist with training and mentoring attorneys who represent the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS). Specifically, the Senior Attorney of Training and Administrative Support is responsible for working with the CWU management team to assist with the new hire training program and ongoing professional development. This includes staying up to date on changes in dependency and delinquency law and policy, presenting and preparing training materials, providing 1 on 1 support for attorneys. After new hires complete their first month of formal new hire training and court observation, the Senior Attorney will supervise their preparation for Court and accompany them to Court for at least 30 days to integrate them into the actual representation of DHS. The Senior Attorney will also lead unit training on after-hours on-call duty, Orders of Protective Custody (OPCs), and shelter care hearings (to include creating schedules to ensure appropriate coverage of shelter care hearings. The Senior Attorney may also be required to handle cases in dependency court as needed.

In additional to assisting with...