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Senior Lawyer - Adult Social Care

Posted 4 days 21 hours ago by Triumph Consultants Limited

£30 Hourly
Permanent
Not Specified
Social Care Jobs
Lancashire, Bury, United Kingdom, BL8 1
Job Description
What's involved with this role: Interim Senior Lawyer - Adult Social CareReference no: Bury 0009 8DDB / 1Pay Rate: £30.00 per hour PAYE37 Monday - Friday, normal working hoursThis opening assignment is for 3-4 monthsCity: BURYStandard DBS disclosure requiredHybrid workingKey responsibilities:
  • Undertake a caseload of Adult Social care matters
  • Provide detailed and accurate advice on the Council's responsibilities under the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Health and Social Care Act 2008 and Mental Health Act 1983
  • Submit applications to the Court of Protection and High Court
  • You will be expected to attend court, negotiate, and conduct your own advocacy
Key requirements:
  • Be a qualified solicitor, barrister, or legal executive with up-to-date practicing certificate
  • Extensive knowledge of law, legislation and application relevant to area of specialism.
  • Experience of managing at a senior level in a large, complex organisation in line with the areas of functional responsibility.
  • Experience of Adult Social Care law
  • Significant experience of handling and prioritising a personal caseload of legal matters/cases with excellent knowledge in this area of law.
  • Be an excellent negotiator, with first rate communication skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills - you will be able to communicate effectively up to senior levels right across the business using all mediums.
  • Excellent leadership skills with the ability to guide, motivate and develop your team.
  • Ability to constructively challenge staff on legal and performance matters.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, orwho can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside - there is no need for a full address.Please feel free to apply to us directly via by quoting the job reference and exact job title.If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles."XRPlease note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please
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