[ref. t93475216] Bolton - Lawyer - Adult Social Care
What's involved with this role:
Interim Lawyer - Adult Social Care
Reference no: Bolton 0009 5D3D / 1Pay Rate: £20.76 per hour PAYE
37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: BOLTON
Will consider fully remote working in the interim
Assist in the provision of legal services to the Council.
Key Responsibilities:
Ordinary Residence queriesFunding Queries – CHC and general finance
Deferred Payment Agreements
S.117 responsibilities
Adult Social Care Responsibilities under the Care Act 2014
Immigration and No Recourse to Public Funds Advice
ASC Policy drafting and reviewing
Inquest Work
Any further duties as required by the Line Manager in accordance with the business needs of the Team.
Qualifications:
Qualified solicitor/Barrister with a current practising certificate
Knowledge:
Excellent knowledge of specialist legal area as set out in the JDExcellent knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Law including advice to AMHPs and associated court applications
Knowledge and understanding of adult safeguarding
Experience:
Experience of legal practicePrevious experience of providing advice and support under Care Act 2014
Experienced in ordinary residence issues and disputes between other local authorities.
Experience working in a busy Adult Social Care Team completing the following:
Court of Protection WorkCOPDOL11s
Section 16 applications
S.21A Challenges
Skills & Abilities:
Demonstrate strong and effective communication and strong interpersonal skills.Demonstrate strong effective organisational skills and to manage and prioritise own workload producing and administering correspondence and documentation to a very high standard.
Demonstrate concise and assertive communication skills and negotiation skills, both oral and written excellent drafting skills, including ability to communicate with people at all levels including management, officers, councillors, members of the public and court officers.
Ability to develop good working relationships with people both inside and outside the council and to explain complex legal concepts clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
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.
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: Bolton 0009 5D3D / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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