Qualified Solicitor

Leicester City Council; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 49.000 - 76.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexi-time scheme

LG Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Zusammenfassung

Leicester City Council is seeking an experienced adult social care solicitor to join the Adult Social Care legal team. You will handle a diverse caseload including mental health, community care and judicial review, providing high-quality legal advice and advocacy for the Council.

The role is career graded (LG Band 9-LG Band 11) with progression by appraisal; hybrid working arrangements are available with flexibility around home working.

Qualifikationen

• Post-qualification experience in adult social care cases.
• Advocacy, negotiating and advisory skills.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication.

Aufgaben

• Provide high-quality legal advice and support to the Adult Social Care team.
• Undertake advocacy for the Council.
• Manage a diverse caseload including mental health, community care and judicial review.
• Maintain professional standards and effective risk management.

Kenntnisse

Advocacy

Negotiation

Communication

Organisational

Jobbeschreibung

A welcome payment of £5000 will be offered to a suitable candidate with appropriate experience. (This will be paid following a successful 6 month probation period)

Hybrid working arrangements are available with a large degree of flexibility around home working

As part of our continued growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced adult social care solicitor to join our well regarded, friendly and supportive Adult Social Care legal team. This is your chance to be part of a respected, professional service at the forefront of safeguarding and social care law. The focus on the team is on enabling quality service delivery, working in partnership with the client department to help ensure positive outcomes for adults within the city of Leicester.

If you're ambitious, motivated, and ready to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable adults, we want to hear from you.

You will hold responsibility for a diverse and rewarding caseload of adult social care and related matters, providing quality legal advice and support including undertaking advocacy for the Council.

This is a career graded post (LG Band 9-LG Band 11). Appointment to a level will depend on the outcome of the selection process and experience of the successful candidate. Progression will be by satisfactory performance, agreed at annual appraisals and through on-going supervision.

You will have post qualification experience of adult social care cases including mental health, community care and judicial review. You will have demonstrable advocacy, negotiating and advisory skills together with a good appreciation of risk management. You will be highly motivated with strong organisational skills and a pro-active approach which will ensure that you are able to successfully prioritise work. Your excellent communication skills, both written and oral, will ensure that you are able to work with a wide of people and represent the service in a professional, client focused manner.

We are responsible for the provision of all local government services within the city boundaries, including social services, education and libraries.

Our vision and values help define what we do. These principles link our staff and departments to help ensure that we all work towards the same goals. We will work with creativity and drive for the benefit of the people that live and work in our city.

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Benefits

• flexi-time scheme


• membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme


• generous holiday entitlement

Leicester City Council is an exciting and innovative place to work. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. This includes a flexi-time scheme, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and a generous holiday entitlement. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator. We work hard to ensure that our people are well supported, both at a senior level and by your peers. We will also give you the chance to both use your professional skills and expertise and develop new ones with a variety of training and development opportunities.