What's involved with this role:
Interim PT Adult Social Care Senior Lawyer
Devon 5264080
Please state hourly rate and working days on CV
Candidates that work remotely will be considered
Basic DBS disclosure required for this role
Key Requirements:
Law Society admitted and Solicitor Regulatory Authority registered solicitor, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives or Bar Standards Board registered barrister.
A thorough knowledge of that area of law, good advocacy skills and considerable experience in case management is essential along with demonstrable experience of working in a particular field.
Excellent ICT skills and a degree of administrative self-sufficiency although some secretarial support will be provided.
The successful candidate will assume a lead role in advising clients on specialist aspects of law and practice as required.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee and manage a caseload in an area of law allocated.
Respond to requests for advice, representation etc.
Manage all aspects of court representation as required.
Advise and/or present to courts, meetings, members at formal appeal hearings or as required by the County Solicitor.
Determine appeals under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure of the Local Government Pension Scheme and various internal appeal procedures if required.
Take part in the Legal Services’ Out of Hours service to provide assistance to the Emergency Duty Team on matters of Childcare and Adult Social Care.
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.
Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us 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.
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Job Ref: Devon 5264080
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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