Senior Lawyer ASC&ECS (Child Protection)

Job Category : Legal (Specialist)

Location : London Borough of Hillingdon

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00
Salary: £55.00

In respect of the Adult Social Care Team, their work relates to the council’s statutory duties in respect of safeguarding adults under Care Act 2014 . This includes applications to the Court of Protection in respect of:

-Deprivations of Liberty;

– Hoarding;

-Abuse including physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse;

– Signing tenancy agreements; and

-Appointing deputies for property and financial affairs

Where safeguarding cases fall outside the remit of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, lawyers also represent the council in applications within the High Court under its jurisdiction in respect of matters including:

-Removals from property;

-Injunctions against perpetrators;

-Prohibitions on contact

Lawyers also within the team also carry out work in respect of:

–           Representing the local authority in the Coroner’s Court ensuring protection of the local authority’s reputation and resisting liability for wrongful deaths;

–           Defending applications for judicial review relating to the provision of care and support including requests for social care accommodation relating to asylum seekers and persons with no recourse to public funds;

–           Defending applications for judicial review relating to the provision of Special Educational Needs;

–           Representing the local authority in proceedings relating to displacing nearest relatives under s29 Mental Health Act 1983 ensuring that mentally unwell persons can receive treatment in hospital;

–           Providing advice to the social care teams in respect of the legislative framework for the provision of social care;

–           Representing the council in ordinary residence disputes (disputes about financial responsibility) with other local authorities;

–           Representing the council in disputes with the NHS in respect of the health/social care funding divide.

–           Providing advice in respect of the statutory framework for the delivery of Special 

. QUALIFICATIONS ESSENTIAL

✓

DESIRABLE

TESTING

METHOD

To have attained a degree (or

equivalent), AND to have been

either admitted as a Solicitor or

a Barrister or a Legal

Executive in England and

Wales or Common Law

jurisdiction.

✓

✓ Pre-application

questions

2. STATUTORY or ROLE

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

TESTING

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

✓

✓

METHOD

None

3. EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

TESTING

✓

✓

METHOD

Experience in the last 2 years

of dealing with, Child Care Law

and Adult Social Care.

✓

Pre-application

questions/

Scored

Application

questions

4. KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

TESTING

✓

✓

METHOD

Effective communication skills,

both oral and written, and the

ability to explain and present

issues in a clear, structured,

objective and personable

manner.

Interview

✓

To express opinions and ideas

in a logical and persuasive

manner.

✓ Interview

To debate legal points in a

logical, pragmatic and impartial

way.

✓ Interview

To present written work neatly ✓ Scored

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and legibly and in a manner

which lay persons will

understand.

Effective advocacy skills. To listen to all the needs and

demands of any person with

whom there is contact in the

course of the duties of the post

and to devise ways of finding

solutions to issues which may

arise.

To work constructively and co-

operatively with other

members of staff at all levels.

To work in an apolitical

manner.

To be able to communicate

effectively at all levels.

To work to deadlines Knowledge of current Local

Government law, Adult Social

Care and Child Care Law

Knowledge of the principles of

the legal profession and of

issues concerning the practice

of law in Local Government.

Knowledge of LocalGovernment and its serv