Job Description

We've established a new team to investigate concerns about if a registrant has been fraudulently or incorrectly entered onto our register. This role is intended to provide case work support to the case holding investigation paralegals in the team.

Purpose and Main Duties

There are 4 paralegals in the team, and this role will involve working with the paralegals to provide assistance in effective case progression and case management across the team's case load.

Whilst there is a more detailed description in the

job description

, the main duties are likely to include providing support to the case holding paralegals by sharing work like:

- Case work document management on the case management system

- Dealing with and responding to casework correspondence

- Preparing bundles for interim order applications, instructions to counsel or final hearings before the Investigating Committee

- Redacting or peer-reviewing redactions of hearing bundles

- Liaising with the HCPTS to follow up on matters relating to hearing schedules.

- Updating case parties

Candidate Requirements

We are looking for a candidate who an organised team player with attention to detail. As this is a new role in a new team, we are looking for a candidate who is keen to play a part in working in a collaborative supportive way with their new team colleagues.

To fulfil this role effectively, a candidate will be flexible, organised, committed to delivering quality work and good customer service.

About the Department:

FTP Directorate

The Fitness To Practice Directorate receives and investigates concerns about registrants' fitness to practise, incorrect or fraudulently procured entries onto our register, protection of title offences and provides an adjudication function through the HCPC Tribunal Service (HCPTS).

We employ around 130 people, who are collectively responsible for the delivery of the HCPC's FTP and adjudication work. We manage an open caseload of approximately 2,000 cases across the department.

FTP Legal Services

Since April 2024, we've been growing the in-house legal services teams that sit within our FTP Department. Our in-house legal services now include a decision-making team, a presenting officer team, a FTP investigation case holding team, a Fraudulent Entry investigation team, a team who provide oversight for cases held by our External Legal Providers and a team who manage our substantive order review cases.

Alongside our excellent employee benefits, we are committed to your ongoing learning and development to build your skills, experience, and career.

You can find out more about our benefits on our website

Closing Date:

28th April 2025 at 1pm

Interview Date:

Week commencing 12th May 2025

Please apply on our company website to be considered.

Please submit a supporting statement along with your CV. Applications without a supporting statement will not be reviewed.

HCPC's vision is to be recognised as an actively anti-discriminatory organisation that upholds and promotes best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion and an active ally for change. We are a Disability Confident employer and aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the HCPC. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to ensure the recruitment process is inclusive and barrier-free and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to have a confidential discussion on how we can support you, please contact recruitment@hcpc-uk.org .

Our values underpin what we do and how we do it, to help us operate to high standards and effectively as a regulator and employer. In addition to the core competencies for this role, we will also assess you against our values during the selection process: Please refer to the HCPC Values and Behavioural Framework.

For HCPC employees: Please refer to the eligibility criteria detailed in the Secondment policy.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 28,500.00-30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Health & wellbeing programme Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London SE11 4BU

Application deadline: 28/04/2025