Legal Assistant – Adults Team
About the Role
Grade D, scp6 £23,893 to scp11 £25,979 per annum
37 hours per week
Permanent
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Location: Victoria Square, Bolton, BL1 1RU, United Kingdom
Closing date: 11 August 2024
The Role
We are looking for a highly motivated Legal Assistant to join us to provide high quality support to a team of adult social care lawyers.
You will provide support on a range of legal matters including those relating to the safeguarding of adults, Court of Protection proceedings, Ordinary Residence, Mental Health, Finance/Funding matters, NRPF/immigration, Care Act Advice, Forced Marriage, Policy Advice and Inquest work.
Responsibilities include preparation and maintenance of court bundles, filing and serving documents, identifying and booking counsel, requesting evidence, timetabling, drafting, minute taking of legal meetings, sitting behind counsel at hearings and preparing notes.
We are a close-knit team providing high quality advice working collaboratively with colleagues across services to promote best practice and outcomes. Personal development is promoted with opportunities to increase knowledge and experience alongside mentoring and peer support.
About You
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable knowledge and experience in legal assistant duties. You will have the ability to work to deadlines, be highly organised and enjoy working as part of a team. Excellent communication skills will be required, as well as the ability to work under pressure and adapt quickly to changing priorities. You will have the ability and confidence to work independently whilst knowing when to ask for support or guidance.
Whilst previous local authority and adult social care experience would be advantageous, we encourage applications from candidates who have private practice experience/experience in other areas of law within the same or similar roles or who have experience in other in-house roles where you possess the desired transferrable skills.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits too.
Ready to apply? Then please visit https://www.greater.jobs/job/75646349 click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and covering letter discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.
Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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