Legal/Senior Legal Adviser (Childcare)

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Supporting the Safeguarding Children’s Team, our close-knit group of 19 enjoy working with Children’s Services to ensure vulnerable children in Hampshire are protected. Join our team with this unique opportunity.
We currently have a Legal/Senior Adviser role (Solicitor, Barrister or FILEX with litigation rights) available within our friendly team, with the remit of providing advice relating to all aspects of public children act proceedings including care proceedings, deprivation of liberty cases and adoption, including advocacy. Our roles offer the unique level of support that comes with working within this team and Hampshire County Council generally and provides a valuable opportunity to further your career in our well-respected team.
This post is being advertised at both F and G grades with Market Supplement of up £7,500 per annum available, dependent on experience. You will be appointed as either a Legal Adviser or as a Senior Legal Adviser, depending on experience and qualifications relevant to the criteria in below Candidate Pack.
What you’ll do:
As a Legal/Senior Legal Adviser, you will hold a complex case load, advising Children’s Services directly on legal aspects of this specialised area of law, and how best to present cases to Court. Working with both Council colleagues and external third parties, you will take responsibility for these cases, ensuring resources have been alloc...
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Location:
Basingstoke
Salary:
£40,643 - £54,423 per annum, plus Market Supplement of up £7,500 per annum
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Legal

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