Hertfordshire County Council
Social Care Lawyer
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Job Introduction
Job Title: Adult Social Care Lawyer
Starting Salary: £53,806 plus £5,691 market enhancement progressing to £59,497 plus £5,738 market enhancement per annum
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage with hybrid working
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources
About The Team
Working as part of the Adults, Children and Health Team you will be providing high quality legal services to the County Council’s Members, Adult Care Services, Children’s Services and Public Health Departments and, in particular, to provide Adult Social Care Law advice, including advice to the Hertfordshire Deprivation of Liberty Supervisory Body, Approved Mental Health Professionals and to act as an advocate before Tribunals and the Court
About The Role
This role offers the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of legal areas primarily relating to the protection of Vulnerable Adults but also relating to Vulnerable Children outside of Care Proceedings. Therefore, you will need to be able to provide accurate, comprehensive and timely legal advice whilst managing a varied and demanding caseload.
In particular you will :-
- Provide adult social care law advice, and additional legal advice on areas including children social care (not care proceedings) education and health as required
- Attend and advise at meetings across the County attended by professionals such as Safeguarding Adults from Abuse Meetings (SAFFA’s), case planning meetings and other similar meetings
- Conduct advocacy before the Court and instruct counsel where appropriate, in matters before the High Court, County Court, Magistrates Court and First Tier Tribunal as well as preparation of these cases in order to see the outcomes required by the client departments
- Ensure that the decisions made by the client departments are within the legal boundaries; accord with County Council policy; and achieve their aims and objectives efficiently
- Maintain an awareness of all relevant legislation, caselaw policy and regulations, investigate and advise on implications of changing legislation, case law and codes of practice and policy and provide training where necessary
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About You
Essential:
- You will need to have a recognised legal qualification as a Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive.
- Significant experience in Adult Social Care Law
- You will have experience of holding a diverse caseload of civil litigation matters and experience of conducting your own advocacy.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, used to build and maintain working relationships, and to produce and present reports
- Effective time management skills, prioritising workloads whilst managing a varied caseload
- Experience in working effectively as part of a team
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
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To hear more about this opportunity please contact Luis.Andrade@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
Interviews will be arranged on an ad hoc basis
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How To Apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Additional Information
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
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