Psychologically‑Informed Paralegal
4 days ago
Immediate Start, Contract, Single Matter
Family Law (FCFCOA)
• Remote (QLD preferred)
• Flexible hours
• Premium rate
The short:
Help a small, values‑driven team run one significant parenting matter with a trauma‑informed, attachment‑aware lens, and assist on the property component. You'll run a tight file, turning messy human narratives into clean, court‑ready material—without big‑firm noise.
Why this role is different
- One client, one matter, one mission. Deep work beats juggling 30 files.
- Psychology at the centre. We care about how we tell the story: developmentally appropriate language, child‑focused, and evidence that honours clinical reality.
- Autonomy + craftsmanship. Build the system you wish firms used: clean chronologies, behavioural timelines, and persuasive, court‑safe writing.
- Genuine flexibility. Remote first; schedule your work around life. Occasional on‑site time (Brisbane/Gold Coast) only when it adds real value.
- High trust, low ego. Work directly with a thoughtful client and senior counsel who respect process, precision, and people.
- Opportunity. Considerable advancement potential to lead and possibly take equity in future firm acquisition.
- On the right side. You'll help secure the future of a vulnerable child experiencing harm and restore them with their primary safe attachment figure.
- Evidence architecture. Build a behavioural chronology that integrates messages/emails, call logs, daycare/medical notes, affidavits, and transcript extracts—link every statement to source.
- Psych‑aware drafting. Prepare affidavits, outlines, and tender bundles that capture child presentations (affect, sleep, separation response).
- Expert‑facing prep. Draft precise question sets for the family report writer; assemble collateral packs (school/GP/therapy/childcare) .
- Court‑ready documents. Initiating/response material, subpoenas, indices, exhibits, paginated court books, and clean, consistent formatting for FCFCOA.
- Process hygiene. Build checklists, deadline maps, and minute‑by‑minute hearing run‑sheets; keep disclosure and subpoena returns tight and searchable.
- Calm liaison. Professional, low‑reactivity comms with lawyers' offices, chambers, clinics, daycare, and the Court.
- Paralegal 3–10+ years (family‑law litigation highly preferred); you know FCFCOA etiquette, eFiling, subpoenas, and disclosure inside‑out. You could run a matter yourself.
- Writer‑editor at heart. You can reduce 200 pages of noise to 8 pages of signal that survives scrutiny.
- Psychology‑literate. Comfortable with trauma‑informed practice, attachment/transition concepts, developmentally appropriate language, and how all of that translates into admissible, careful drafting.
- Systems thinker. You love to transform mess into clean document stacks, consistent citations, and reproducible workflows.
- Send a CV (no cover letter needed) plus a brief note on how you'd add value to a behavioural chronology for a vulnerable child in a high‑conflict matter.
- Paid work sample (1–2 hrs). We'll provide a short pack (redacted); you'll draft a 1‑page behavioural excerpt and a 6–8 question set for an expert—neutral language, source‑linked.
- Meet the team. 30‑minute call with client + counsel to align on style, boundaries, and timelines.
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