£36,656 - £43,628 per annum

Cornwall Council is a large and ambitious Unitary Authority, supported by an experienced and welcoming Legal Service that has a crucial role in providing specialist legal advice to all sectors of the Council, as well as some external organisations.
 
About the Role:
This is an exciting opening for the right candidate to join our specialist, small but busy Adult Social Care Team on a permanent basis. We are a supportive and dynamic team, committed to securing positive outcomes for our customers and working alongside our dedicated adult social care service. You should expect a varied and challenging caseload including:

• Court of Protection 
• Deprivation of Liberty 
• Mental Health
• Safeguarding
• Charging
• Ordinary residence 
• General Care Act advice
• Inquests

What you need to succeed:
You will be qualified as a solicitor, barrister, FCILEx or someone with significant relevant experience on the matters falling within the remit of the team. 

You will have the ability to work flexibly and from home, but with office-based working as required. Your main office location will be New County Hall, Truro.
You will have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to work under pressure and to strict timescales. You will be adaptable, flexible and ready to work collaboratively as part of an experienced team of specialist colleagues, giving advice on all aspects of Court of Protection and Deprivation of Liberty matters, Mental Health, Safeguarding, Charging, Ordinary residence and general Care Act advice. You will have the opportunity to develop your advocacy skills in a range of courts and tribunals and at a variety of hearings. You will be enthusiastic about learning new skills and new areas connected to this area of work.

This is a varied and interesting role working with a very friendly but busy Service. Don’t worry if you don’t have local government experience as we’ll give you the support you need to develop and learn that area.
 
The role profile provides more detail about this position as well as what your application will need to include to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you address all of the knowledge, skills and experience identified in the role profile within your CV and personal statement.
 
What you’ll get in return:
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:
This role can be carried out largely remotely but with some office-based working as required to support the service needs. We can discuss this with you during the recruitment process and we are open to discussion about flexible working.
For an informal conversation or to obtain more details about the role, please contact Sara Eathorne on 01872 322222.
 
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.  
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
 
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

Closing date: 15 September 2024

For further information about the role or to apply, please click on the 'Enquire/Apply' button below.