- Pay Rate:
£30.00 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
- BURY,
BL9 0SW
Interim Senior Lawyer - Social Services
Reference no: Bury 0007 DE20 / 1
Pay Rate: £30.00 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: BURY
Hybrid working
The post holder is required to exercise professional judgment and make all day-to-day operational decisions on allocated matters and cases in the context of legal advice and assistance given to Council Officers and Members.
The post holder is expected to influence and negotiate with contacts both internal and external to the council. Contacts include Officers at Chief Executive level and below, elected members, Courts, Tribunals and regulatory bodies of staff, private practice solicitors and barristers and other professionals involved in the area of work.
Key Responsibilities:
- To act as a senior case holder and advocate, in providing professional legal services to the Children’s Services and the Health and Well Being Directorates in relation to legal issues relating to children and vulnerable adults.
- To give legal advice and guidance to the Children’s Services and Health and Well Being Directorates and to Committees and Sub-Committees of the Council. This includes being part of the Team Duty Senior Legal Officer rota (in office hours).
- To act under pressure in the face of competing demands arising form emergency and urgent situations.
- To co-ordinate the work relating to Social Care matters, to ensure that cases are prepared to professional standards and in compliance with relevant legislation, Regulations, Statutory Guidance, Practice Directions and the Public Law Outline and to ensure that Court commitments and deadlines are properly met.
- To provide supervision and support to more junior staff.
- To act under pressure in the face of competing demands arising form emergency and urgent situations.
- To deliver training to colleagues, clients and elected members.
- To undertake such duties as may be allocated by the Team Leader or Deputy Team Leader, to include the preparation of reports, advice and guidance.
- To advise Committees, Sub-Committees, Members, Officers and any organisation with which the Council has a formal arrangement for the giving of advice.
- To provide professional legal services to the Council departments and to the Children’s Services and Adults and Health and Well Being Directorates as may be required from time to time
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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.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
- Solicitor entitled to practice in England and holding a current practising certificate, a barrister entitled to practice in England and holding a current practising certificate or a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
Knowledge:
- Knows and understands how to analyse, interpret and present complex information from a variety of sources.
Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in practicing as a solicitor, barrister or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives in the fields of civil or criminal litigation (or both) is required
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