Solicitor/Legal Executive - Health and Social Care Team
Essex County Council
- Chelmsford, Essex
- £55,850 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for providing timely and accurate legal advice across the Council and to external customers, including constructively challenging where appropriate to produce the best possible outcomes.
- Accountable for delivering outcomes against the business plan for legal services which supports and drives the Council's wider Organisation Strategy and vision.
- Act as a legal practitioner and advocate providing specialist advice, professional consultation and support to colleagues (where appropriate) within your team.
- To understand client needs and provide them with a service they value; driving the delivery of productivity and efficiency improvement.
- Support the development of current and future business opportunities, to promote the Essex Legal Services' vision to the external market.
- Build strong working relationships across the Council, external stakeholders and other local authorities to ensure a quality advice service is provided to the customer.
- Delegated functions as detailed in the council's constitution (and as amended from time to time).
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
- Qualified solicitor/barrister with current membership of the Law Society or Bar Standards Board.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
- Desirable experience of working within a legal setting in a politically sensitive environment, providing high-quality advice to a wide range of customers.
- Experience in providing legal advice on social care matters including, DOLs, court of protection matters, safeguarding, mental health, Care Act 2014 and subordinate regulations and statutory guidance, health related matters
- Ability to provide clear advice on complex matters to both to both the client base and junior colleagues.
- A strong focus on outcomes to achieve strategic objectives.