Qualified Solicitor

Leicester City Council; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the East Midlands is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Adult Social Care Solicitor. This role involves managing a diverse caseload of adult social care matters, providing quality legal advice, and undertaking advocacy for the Council. The ideal candidate will have post-qualification experience in this field, strong communication skills, and the ability to work well with clients. The position comes with competitive salary and benefits, including training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexi-time scheme

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience of adult social care cases including mental health and community care.
• Demonstrable advocacy, negotiating and advisory skills.
• Strong organisational skills and pro-active approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and support on adult social care matters.
• Undertake advocacy for the Council.
• Manage a diverse caseload effectively.

Skills

Advocacy

Negotiation

Advisory skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Post qualification experience in adult social care

Job description

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. 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.

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.

What you will need

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.

What we can offer you

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.

We are committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build an council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we have designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We will do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

If you are an Adult Social Care solicitor looking for your next role and this sounds like your kind of place, then please get in touch. Candidates from both Local Government and Private Practice are welcomed.

If you would like an informal chat about this post, please contact Susan Holmes, Head of Law, Social Care & Safeguarding Tel: [phone] or email [e-mail].

Interview/Assessments will take place week commencing Monday 9th February 2026.