Job Description

Job description

Adult Social Care Lawyer

Are you a qualified solicitor, barrister, or chartered legal executive with experience of Commercial Law? Are you enthusiastic, flexible and enjoy teamwork? If so, we have a fantastic permanent opportunity as an Adult Social Care Lawyer, and in addition we can offer some fantastic benefits:


Salary from 45,718 to 49,764 per annum Full-time - 37 hours a week Hybrid / Flexible working Pension scheme - 19% total contribution (you pay approximately 6.5%) and by joining the scheme this includes Death in service cover of 3 x your salary Annual leave - 26 days plus bank holidays increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service plus bank holidays AND you can buy additional leave should you need to! Employee Assistance scheme, store discounts, flexi hours scheme, cycle to work scheme and much more!

This exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Legal Services team at Sheffield City Council as an Adult Social Care Lawyer. The Adult Social Care team deal with the full range of adult social care law cases, including matters relating to the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Court of Protection.



The successful candidate will:


Be responsible for providing authoritative advice to the Councils Officers and Members, ensuring that decisions are lawful. Manage their own caseload, which will include complex and interesting areas of law.

For the role, you would need to have:


Recognised Legal qualification (Solicitor, Barrister or FCILEX) Understanding of legal case management systems and process knowledge Technical knowledge in the specialist area of Adult Social Care Law




For an informal discussion, please contact Patrick Chisholm on 0114 273 4063.



In addition, and as a council, we are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups.



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.





Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.



If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003249
Date posted
17/04/2025
Application closing date
16/05/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 09, 45,718 to 49,764
Package
Permanent
Contractual hours
37
Job category/type
Legal