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Senior Lawyer Adult Social Care
Salary Scale: PO
Hybrid with 12 days (minimum) in the office
Full of energy and culture Waltham Forest is a progressive and innovative borough with a legal service to match. We provide our diverse client departments with the best possible service through our highly skilled professionals. As a Senior Lawyer youll represent the Adult Social Care department and be a specialist in your area. Part of our Lexcelaccredited practice youll be a key member of our dedicated Families team and an asset to the Council.
At this level youll manage a caseload of complex adult social care/ community care matters and give expert advice to the Adult Social Care department. Youll also support the Principal Lawyers and Assistant Director by giving guidance on corporate issues and attending management meetings where required. Its a chance to help build good internal relationships but your remit doesnt stop there. Youll also supervise a subteam of legal professionals within the Family Team undertaking 121s appraisals and training as well as recruitment.
To be considered you must be a qualified Solicitor Barrister or qualified Legal Executive with substantial post qualification experience. Reporting to our Principal Lawyers you will personally undertake high priority complex and/or sensitive legal work within the teams specialist areas. To excel youll need excellent communication skills both written and oral. Well also be looking for good ICT skills and ideally some understanding of Child Care law too.
If youre aiming to develop management skills this is the ideal way to gain experience. Day to day youll manage personnel and client liaison at a senior level. Ready to boost your expertise and help us change a childs world every day Apply now to be part of our supportive welcoming team.
Please note that this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
To find out more please follow the link below to apply via Penna 2 roles available adult & children
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 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who selfidentify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to ourrecruitment and selection policy.
For an informal discussion please contact Delina Teklehaymanot at or contact Delina onfor further information.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
