[ref. z60103602] Adult Social Care Solicitor
What's involved with this role:
Interim Adult Social Care Solicitor
Reference no: Oldham 0009 5CB0 / 1Pay Rate: up to £27.03 per hour PAYE depending on experience
18 Monday - Friday, TBC
This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
City: OLDHAM
Standard DBS disclosure required
Provide the professional services of a solicitor to the Council and other bodies within the Community Services and Adult Social Care Directorate.
Key Responsibilities:
Advise Council, Executive, Committees, Officers and Departments of the Council on legal matters primarily, but not exclusively, relating to all areas of Social Services including attendance at evening meetings as required.
Drafting and settling of legal documentation with particular reference to Adult’s Social care mattersConduct of litigation with particular reference to Adult’s Social Care matters.
Give clear guidance and assistance to all members of the team in respect of the areas of expertise specific to the postholder and to assist and cover for other team members, as necessary.
Representation of the department externally, as required.
Participation in departmental working groups, as required.
Assisting in supervising the work of any unqualified staff assigned to the team.
Training social workers and service managers in the law and legal procedures.
Qualifications:
Qualified Solicitor / Barrister
Knowledge:
Knowledge of adult social care legislation including community care and mental healthKnowledge of key national policy drivers, Legislation and broader influences related to the role
Experience:
Extensive experience of advising Social Work clients and their managersExtensive post qualification experience in conducting adult social care proceedings
Skills & Abilities:
Using negotiating, persuading and influencing skills to bring about change and achieve desired results/outcomes as necessaryEffective presentation, communication and interpersonal skills and ability to apply these effectively to a variety of audiences
Able to work through problems, evaluate risks and offer practical solutionsAbility to work to consistently tight deadlines and manage a demanding workload.
Ability to advise competently on complex adult social care matters including community care and mental health and to assimilate and advise upon evidential matters relating thereto.
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, or who 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.
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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.
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Job Ref: Oldham 0009 5CB0 / 1
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