Court Of Protection Solicitor
- Employer
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
- Location
- Southampton
- Salary
- Salary To Negotiation
- Closing date
- 8 Feb 2021
- Reference
- DF59141
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- Practice area
- Private client, Public law
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
My client is a well known firm who are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic qualified court of protection solicitor to join their Southampton team.
The firm are known for their community care advice and you will ideally have both community care and court of protection experience.
You will have knowledge of :
Care Act Assessments
Advising on the assessments of social care needs of adults under the Care Act 2014 at home or in care homes
Reviewing refusals by local authorities to assess individuals and/or provide care and support
Advising on how needs can be met and disputing the level of support/ways in which support is provided
Advising on challenging the use of reviews to cut care packages
Financial Assessments & Charging
Advising on how care can be funded and organised, such as supported living, shared lives schemes or residential care
Issues relating to direct payments and personal budgets
Continuing Healthcare/ NHS Funded Care
Advising on eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding
Challenging the withdrawal and any changes to NHS CHC
The making and registering of LPA's
The deputyship application process
S21 DOLS applications & other health and welfare issues
Ideally you'll have upwards of 2 years PQE, ideally you'll have law society accreditation or a desire to get to that level.
Flexible working is available.
Company
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are multi-award winning legal recruitment experts.
Our business – put simply – is to remove the pain points candidates may otherwise experience on their journeys.
Sure, we act for legal professionals of all levels making lateral moves, taking steps up the ladder or looking for contract legal opportunities.
And yes we can boast a network of connections that spans nationwide private practice, the UK’s in house legal departments and now the Middle East, Asia and the Far East.
But we are the only REC and APSCO affiliated legal recruitment specialist with an ISO9001 accredited quality management system and the Investors In People Gold Standard award.
And by externally validating our day to day activities in the wider business community we have been able to place customer experience at the heart of our business proposition.
Which means people like dealing with our team – a very experienced, settled and happy bunch they epitomise the Douglas Scott brand personality and will demonstrate a genuine interest in you and your career.
- Website
- http://www.douglas-scott.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0161 233 6360
- Location
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Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
No1 Spinningfields
1 Hardman Square, Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3EB
GB
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