Overview
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £51,356 (Level one) rising to £54,495 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce. Read on to find out more.
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
Note: This advert may reference additional information available to applicants here.
About The Role
Are you a qualified and experienced lawyer with a passion for safeguarding vulnerable adults?
Our busy, friendly and supportive children and adults legal team would like to hear from you. We are centrally located in Nottingham, close to the local courts and within easy reach of all transport links in and out of the city.
The work includes Court of Protection proceedings (in respect of adults and young people aged 16 – 18), mental health and the Care Act 2014. We provide advice and representation to the Adult Social Care, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Deputyship teams and Approved Mental Health Professionals on the full range of adult social care work including:-
* Welfare, financial and deprivation of liberty issues arising under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
* Application of the Care Act 2014 including ordinary residence disputes
* Mental Health Act matters including displacement of nearest relative
* Opportunities to become involved with SARs and Inquests
You will have secretarial and paralegal support, as well as enjoying effective collaboration with other members of the team. The role would suit a candidate with significant experience, including complex Adults Social Care legal work.
You will have excellent communication, analytical and drafting skills, be able to manage a full caseload and willing to undertake advocacy at the appropriate level.
About You
The ideal candidate will:
* Be an admitted Solicitor with experience PQE, or a Barrister with substantial experience post call to the Bar.
* Have considerable experience in adult social care legal practice.
* Have spent at least a year working in a local authority legal department.
* Be confident managing a complex and varied caseload, undertaking advocacy at the appropriate level and supporting junior colleagues.
* This post is politically restricted.
* Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Natalie Grant, Team Leader Children & Adults Legal Team by email at natalie.grant@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
Closing Date: 17th May 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
* 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
* Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
* Smart Working – to support your work life balance
* Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
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