Job Category : Legal
Location :Lincolnshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £20.85
looking for an adult social care solicitor who can provide legal advice on all aspects of Adult care work including court work. It is full time. Start ASAP. Can be remote working but will need to attend the office on at least one day to meet the team and collect laptops and other pieces of equipment and to ensure access to our systems.
PURPOSE OF JOB:
Contribute to the delivery of services for Legal Services Lincolnshire. Assist, as
appropriate, with:
• Providing an integrated approach to performance management, quality
standards and service delivery
• Embedding new ways of thinking and working
• Developing and maintaining strong, positive working relationships with
commissioners, partners external clients and their teams/partners and
across service areas as appropriate
To provide high quality efficient and effective legal and administrative advice and
services to the County Council and external customers and assist and support
the County Council's Monitoring Officer in discharging his/her duties and
responsibilities.
To provide legal advice to members and senior officers of the Council, partners
and other clients and carry a workload of appropriately complex and high profile,
high risk matters and advise as required on public law and governance in support
of clients' decision-making processes.
To role model and promote the values and culture of the service including the
highest degrees of flexibility openness and collaboration and the provision of risk-
based, solution focused advice centred on enabling clients to achieve their
outcomes.
To provide day to day leadership, advice and guidance to colleagues relating to
work within own area of responsibility
Continuously look for synergies and efficiency savings across area of
responsibility
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Must be a lawyer who holds a relevant qualification or has equivalent
experience.
Legal skills in one or more areas of expertise and a thorough and working
knowledge of all relevant law and procedure in a specialist discipline.
A good. broad, general working knowledge of the law applicable to local
government commensurate with grade.
Willing to adapt to new areas of work and take on tasks/duties related to his/her
acquired field of expertise competency recognising when he/she lacks the
requisite knowledge and requires professional support and supervision.
A competent advocate, if relevant to post and area of work.
A competent legal draftsmen able to depart from precedent to reflect new
requirements including in more complex documents.
Interpersonal skills to enable the post-holder to operate at this level, often
requiring sensitivity and diplomacy.
Management of a full and substantial workload of matters commensurate with
his/her level of expertise.
Able to use his/her skills and expertise to command respect and authority with
those persons who he/she is required to influence, support and advise.
Able to influence and persuade.
Highly effective negotiating skills.
Able to communicate clearly and appropriately both verbally and in writing at all
levels.
Understands of the nature of local government in-house legal service and
contributes positively to service development and continuous improvement.
Able to supervise and provide professional support more junior colleagues in a
positive and developmental way.
Able to work as an integrated part of the wider Legal Services team, and
supportive of colleagues and management.
Able to provide out of hours advice liaison and support to clients requiring
immediate advice and decision-making in response to urgent demand.
Able to advise prepare and deliver training.
Knowledge of main office IT packages.
Keep up to date with changes to relevant law and procedure.
Able to travel and keep appointments
The specific knowledge, skills and abilities required with vary depending on the
needs of the role. Specific posts may necessitate advanced specialist
knowledge and skills. Post holders should be comfortable working with
ambiguity and uncertainty.