Family Lawyer (ASC)

Family Lawyer (ASC) – London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary £45,750 to £55,323

About the roleFull of energy and culture, Waltham Forest is a progressive and innovative borough with a Legal Service to match. As a Lawyer in Adult Social Care, you’ll bring your expertise to our Families Team at a Council that cares about its community. If you’re looking for an exciting new role, this could be your ideal opportunity.

As part of the Adult Social Care legal team, you will deal with a wide range of adult social care and community care matters, including court of protection proceedings. Ideally, you’ll be equipped with advocacy skills to represent the Council before the courts, particularly in court of protection proceedings, but this is not essential. More important is your ability to manage a varied community care caseload, dealing with court of protection proceedings, ordinary residence disputes and providing legal advice and assistance to our Adult Social Care department. To meet the grade, you must be a qualified solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal Executive with considerable experience and PQE in adult social care/community care law.

We are looking for professionals with excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, and a real dedication to the job. You will work within a friendly, welcoming and supportive team where your professional development will be nurtured and appreciated. With the drive to meet deadlines, you’ll be able to work flexibly. And, with your commitment to the role, you’ll have what it takes to change lives for the better, right across our borough.

Please note that this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its equality objectives and to reducing bias in recruitment, including anonymous shortlisting and internal candidate considerations for jobs graded up to scale SO2. More information is available in our recruitment and selection policy.

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For a confidential conversation about this role, please contact Brian Gallagher via

brian.gallagher@penna.com

or call 07716 098175.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Legal

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