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This position provides legal representation to the County, its Departments and personnel in a variety of contexts described below.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Handles general administrative legal matters for Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth (OCY);
• Represents OCY at dependency hearings;
• Represents OCY at shelter care hearings, adjudication and disposition hearings, review hearings and termination of parental rights hearings;
• Regularly communicates and meets with OCY caseworkers;
• Review contracts or other agreements entered into by the County on behalf of OCY;
• Responds to written record requests and reviews and redacts produced records to ensure compliance with confidentiality laws and regulations;
• May on occasion be called upon to handle non-OCY legal matters in special circumstances.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Member in good standing of the Pennsylvania Bar;
• At least one year of experience practicing law;
• Familiarity with and interest in Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law;
• Excellent abilities of communication and persuasion, both verbal and written;
• Excellent abilities of legal analysis and strategy.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands or arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.