Family Lawyer (ASC) – London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary £45,750 to £55,323

About the role

Full of energy and culture, Waltham Forest is a progressive and innovative borough with a Legal Service to match. As a Lawyer in Adult Social Care, you’ll bring your expertise to our Families Team at a Council that cares about its community. If you’re looking for an exciting new role, this could be your ideal opportunity.

As part of the Adult Social Care legal team, you will deal with a wide range of adult social care and community care matters, including court of protection proceedings. Ideally, you’ll be equipped with advocacy skills to represent the Council before the courts, particularly in court of protection proceedings, but this is not essential. More important is your ability to manage a varied community care caseload, dealing with court of protection proceedings, ordinary residence disputes and providing legal advice and assistance to our Adul...