Attorney IV / 61012815

Posting number: 191986

Department: Department of Social Services

Division: Office of General Counsel

Job classification: Attorney IV

Posting type: Open

Categories: Legal, Attorney

Summary

• Under the general supervision of the appropriate attorneys in the Office of General Counsel, the Attorney IV leads the hiring, training, mentoring and supervision function of the county legal operations with assigned area, including county attorneys and paralegals. Communicates, develops and maintains protocols for county attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff. Engages in general legal operations management and ensures the Legal Case Management System (LCMS) is consistently and correctly utilized. Ensures hearings are completed in a timely manner, including, e.g. Permanency Planning Hearings, TPR hearings, Probable Cause and Removal Hearing and other hearings  Ensures county offices are properly staffed and appropriate supplies. 

• Serves as primary supervisor for attorneys in assigned area and supervise the legal activity in that area including, but not limited to, overseeing personnel administration involving county attorneys within the assigned area; supervise the recruitment, retention, training, and payment of county contract attorneys in the assigned area; and, supervise paralegal staff for the assigned regional office.

• Ensures LCMS compliance and timely training for new employees in LCMS. Utilize and ensure others utilize LCMS for documentation of legal activity in cases.

• Provides legal advice to Regional Directors for Human Services and County Directors in assigned region in the areas of child welfare and adult protection; work in collaboration with the Regional Director toward achieving objectives for human services. Timely attendance at all required meetings and CLEs. Review legislation, statutory and case law updates to remain current on applicable law, regulation, procedure and policy and disseminate information and director appropriately to ensure that supervised county legal offices likewise remain current.  

• Evaluates the in-court and out-of-court activities of county attorneys using system data, conduct consistent periodic on-site visits of county legal offices; audit paper files and electronic LCMS files for compliance and quality assurance; monitor and analyze LCMS and CAPSS activity reports.

• Oversees and take primary responsibility for the recruitment, training, retention of FTE county attorneys and contract attorneys when applicable.

• Conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis of county legal operations management, caseload ratios and performance standards; monitor and provide leadership in all cases being appealed from the assigned area.  

• Appears in Court in assigned area as needed to support the legal offices under incumbent's supervisor.

• Establishes and maintain collegial professional relationship with local community partners, i.e. clerks of court Guardian ad Litem Programs, review boards, foster parents and other child welfare agencies

• Performs Red Cross shelter duty or other emergency shelter duty or services as directed.

Examples of duties