Social Work England are the specialist regulator for social work in England, focused on enabling positive change in social work. Every day, social workers support millions of people to improve their chances in life. We are taking a new approach to regulating social workers in their vital roles. We believe in the power of collaboration and share a common goal with those we regulate – to protect the public, enable positive change and ultimately improve people’s lives.
The purpose of this role is to support the legal team and Social Work England in its regulatory processes and legal compliance.
Social Work England’s regulation of social workers means that information pertaining to Family Court proceedings is often relevant to its fitness to practise proceedings. This role will include ensuring that Social Work England continues to obtain and use this information appropriately and in accordance with the law. Training on this area of law will be provided as required.
This role will sit within our in-house legal team, who provide legal advice on both broader regulatory law and business support matters, in order to share experience and learning. While the role will initially focus on the use of Family Court information, there will be opportunities to become involved in other projects relating to our regulatory functions and to participate in the work of the wider legal team.
What you will do
* Provide advice regarding obtaining, using and further communicating Family Court information within our regulatory processes.
* Make applications to, and conduct litigation within, the Family Court where appropriate, allowing us to obtain, use and further communicate Family Court information within our regulatory processes.
* Represent Social Work England in Family Court applications (where appropriate).
* Improve and maintain our internal processes for the handling of sensitive information.
* Prepare and deliver training to client teams.
* Participate in regulatory decision-making groups.
* Identify legal risks and work with other teams to ensure that those risks are managed appropriately.
* Provide regulatory and other legal advice to our regulatory teams, particularly the fitness to practise and registration teams.
* Provide advice on internal policies, procedures and processes to ensure legal compliance.
* Participate in project teams and working groups as necessary.
* Develop strong relationships throughout the organisation (and particularly with our fitness to practise teams), using your legal expertise and knowledge to provide solutions-focused support.
* Support the legal team to deliver the organisation’s business plan (as reflected in individual objectives), including the delivery of training and promoting legal awareness.
Your skills, knowledge and experience
* Appropriate qualifications and experience as a solicitor, barrister or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. You must be registered with or be eligible to immediately join the SRA’s solicitors’ register, BSB Barristers’ Register, CILEX Authorised Practitioners’ Directory (with litigation and advocacy rights in the Family Court).
* Experience of advising on family law and conducting Family Court litigation (desirable).
* Experience of, or a willingness to learn the law relating to, professional regulation and the Court of Protection.
* Strong legal analytical skills and judgement and experience of managing caseloads, with the ability to analyse complex issues and present legally sound and focused advice.
* Excellent written communication skills, ability to draft clear and comprehensive advice and to present information on complex issues clearly and succinctly for a range of different audiences.
* The ability to work cross-organisationally, working well with others and responding positively, creatively and supportively to a variety of colleagues while maintaining high and consistent standards.
* The ability to work to tight deadlines, be calm under pressure and flexibly manage competing priorities.
* A track record of respectful, open, and honest behaviour including a demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Details
* Job type: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time. We offer flexible working subject to business need.
* Salary: £45,462 per year, rising to £47,682 per year after successful completion of a 6-month probationary period.
* Location: Sheffield/hybrid remote.
* Benefits: flexible working, contributory pension, life insurance and upcoming benefits portal.
Application
During the application process, you'll be asked to provide answers to three questions from the job description. These answers will be what your application is scored on, please answer in as much detail as possible using examples where necessary.
Job Types
Full-time, Permanent
Pay
£45,462.00-£47,682.00 per year
Benefits
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Flexitime
* Free flu jabs
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Life insurance
* On-site gym
* Work from home
Schedule
* Day shift
* Monday to Friday
* No weekends
Work Location
Hybrid remote in Sheffield
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