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Housing and Social Care Lawyer
| Posting date: | 22 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £45.00 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 February 2025 |
| Location: | EALING, LONDON, W5 2HL |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Ealing 8272-1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Housing and Social Care Lawyer
Reference no: Ealing 8272-1
Pay Rate: £45.00 per hour PAYE
35 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: EALING, LONDON
Basic DBS disclosure required
Provide legal advice and support on all matters relating to social care, education and public health law and to ensure the provision of a high quality, efficient, cost effective and customer focused service.
Conduct legal proceedings and represent the client department on issues arising within the Social Care and Housing team with a particular focus on the Council’s functions with regard to social care, public health and education. Provide legal advice on other council functions as appropriate and if requested to do so.
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct straight forward and complex legal proceedings relating to social care and education matters, including
Deal personally with adult social care matters, including:
Providing legal advice and support on social care, education and public health matters, conduct case work in all levels of court, issuing and defending proceedings on behalf of the Council and representing the council at court hearings undertaking advocacy, as appropriate, in the Family Court, Court of Protection, Education Tribunal and other courts and tribunals as necessary.
Manage case work and advise on strategic case management with a view to cost effectiveness.
Provide expert advice and assistance on the law and practice in relation to social care, education and public health matters including judicial review claims and information governance issues.
Develop and maintain an expert knowledge of the law and practice in relation to social care, education and public health.
Assist in the development of policy and delivery of training relating to social care, health and education related matters.
Attend committees, working parties and other member level panels or meetings as required and to advise on procedural and specific legal issues.
Represent the Council in meetings with other authorities, government departments and other bodies.
Assist the Senior Lawyer, Principal Lawyer and Head of Legal (Litigation) in identifying the training needs of clients in the fields of social care, education and public health and to participate in the provision of appropriate training for those clients.
Assist in the recruitment of legal support staff in the Social Care and Housing Team.
Key requirements:
An admitted solicitor, a barrister or a legal executive.
Knowledge and understanding of the law and procedure relating to the Council’s adult social care, education and public health functions.
Competent IT skills including basic keyboard skills, familiarity with word-processing packages, case management systems and simple databases and the ability to maximise the use of these systems in support of the work of the team.
Ability to obtain and evaluate evidence, prepare cases and advocate effectively on behalf of the Council before courts, tribunals, inquiries and other bodies.
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.
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: Ealing 8272-1
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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