Social Care Lawyer

SJP Recruitment are seeking a Solicitor to undertake a workload of specialist, highly complex, high profile, high value legal advice matters subject to direction from the Lead Lawyer: Children & Adults. 

The post holder will be expected to advise on a varied area of safeguarding matters particularly relating to the following areas with an expectation that the post holder will have expert knowledge in at least one of the areas set out; 

• Children safeguarding
• Adult safeguarding
• Education
• Judicial review
• High court proceedings. 

In addition the post holder may undertake an additional area of legal specialism undertaken by the Children & Adults Team including 

• Civil litigation
• Criminal litigation
• Tribunals
• Public protection
• Employment

If this is something of interest and you would like further information of this role, please email your CV to sara.phillips@sjprecruitment.org 

Working Place:

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Salary package :

£ 48,474.00 - 51,515.00 (British Pound Sterling)

Package Details :

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments