Kinship Care Unit Staff Attorney

Responsibilities

• Handling a variety of issues related to stabilizing children in the home of kin (relative or non-relative, but not birth parents), including adoption, guardianship, custody, name change, birth certificate establishment and amendment, guardianship, dependency, domestication of foreign decrees, school enrollment and other education issues, social security, SSI, and other public benefit issues.
• Employing a variety of methods, including advice and referral, brief service, transactional work, negotiation, mediation, and litigation in various courts throughout our five-county service area.
• Serving as a mentor to interns and externs.
• Preparing and presenting professional education programs for staff, volunteer attorneys, and others as needed.
• Participating in community education, task forces, committees, social service organizations, national and local bar associations.
• Performing other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Active membership in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia.
• A minimum of three years of relevant legal experience.
• Excellent legal writing, analysis, advocacy, and work ethic are required.
• Demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics or trial advocacy courses, familiarity with poverty law, previous work with low-income people, and an appreciation for diversity are strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model.
• Eagerness to learn and openness to feedback.
• Proficiency in languages other than English, particularly Spanish, is highly valued.