Interim Adult Social Care Lawyer
Reference no: Sheffield TCL 0008 C2C8 / 1
Pay Rate: up to £33.30 per hour PAYE depending on experience (tbc)
37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: SHEFFIELD
Hybrid working
An Adult Social Care lawyer (solicitor, barrister or legal executive) is required to join a busy team providing advice and representation to a large Local Authority.
Key responsibilities:
* Provide specialist legal advice and assistance on all issues arising within the area of Adult Social Care.
* Personally conduct advocacy on behalf of the Council and instruct counsel as appropriate.
* Provide proactive legal advice and assistance to meet the needs of members and officers and assist with client liaison.
* Contribute towards the running of the team and Legal Services
* Actively contribute to developing good practice.
* Provide cover as necessary for other areas within Legal Services as a whole and to deputise for Senior Lawyers as required.
* Deal with individual case work and prepare associated documentation.
* Advise on disputes with third parties on behalf of the council.
* Advise on the council’s powers and ensure the legality of the council’s decision making.
* Handle complex litigation arising within the areas of responsibility, including judicial review, undertaking advocacy and to instruct counsel where necessary.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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