Senior Lawyer ASC&ECS (Child Protection)

Job Description

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
Page 3 of 5
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 Local
Government and its serv