Sellick Partnership (Legal) Limited
Location
Berkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
People Lawyer
Education or Adult Social Care
Salary: £39,161- £50,487
Location: Berkshire
Sellick Partnership is working with a small and friendly legal service within a Council in Berkshire to recruit a permanent Education or Adult Social Care specialist to join the People team. The People Team provide a wide range of legal advice and support to Council Services in relation to Adults Social Care, Education, including SEN tribunals and Schools, Housing, Inquests and Children and Family Services (not care proceedings) and Licencing. The Council are looking to recruit a new member to join its already experienced team within Legal Services and in return you can expect a rewarding career with an organisation that offers a range of attractive benefits and a friendly, flexible, and supportive work environment .
About the People Lawyer- Education or Adult Social Care opportunity:
As People lawyer, you will join a supportive and proactive friendly team passionate about better outcomes for vulnerable adults or children. The team is small but hugely supportive and the right candidate will gain the benefit of a breadth of experience as no day is ever the same. This role offers the opportunity for growth and development with a fantastic training programme to support with your learning, development, and career progression.
Benefits include:
Key duties of the People Lawyer:
As an Education or Adult Social Care specialist, you will personally undertake a complex caseload of work primarily in either SEN tribunal work or Adult Social Care. You will be responsible for providing timely and accurate advice to Members and Officers of the Council, including representation and attendance at such meetings as desired by the Client Department, ensuring that decisions and actions comply with the Council's Constitution and are defensible.
Ideal requirements of the People Lawyer:
Our client is seeking a strong team player, with a flexible approach to work and willingness to learn.
The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of public value and have worked in a local government setting or understand what it means to be a Local Government lawyer. You will be a strong communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to write clear and concise reports and to present informational oral and written skills.
Ideal skills and attributes include:
You will be a qualified Solicitor/Barrister/Chartered Legal Executive with a current Practising Certificate and will have good knowledge and understanding of the law in respect of one or more of the area Adults social care and Education including schools and SEN tribunals, ideally in a local government setting.
How to apply for the People Lawyer opportunity:
We encourage interested applicants to apply immediately to be considered for shortlisting. Alternatively, should you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying please contact Kiran Purewal in our Manchester office for a confidential discussion.
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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£39.16k - £50.49k per annum
