Legal Assistant

21 hours ago

Truro, United Kingdom Cornwall Council Full time

**The Service & Team**:
Cornwall Council is a large and ambitious Unitary Authority, supported by an experienced and welcoming Legal & Governance Service that has a crucial role in providing specialist legal advice to all sectors of the Council.

The Adults Legal Team is friendly and supportive and committed to securing positive outcomes for some of the most vulnerable in our communities, working alongside our dedicated Adult Social Care Service.

**The Role**:
This is an exciting opening for the right person to join our specialist, small but busy Adult Social Care Team on a permanent basis, as a Legal Assistant. You will support Team members and hold a caseload of straightforward Court of Protection cases. You’ll be working alongside great colleagues and there’ll be good support. We’re keen on developing the Team through sharing experience, knowledge and expertise.

You will have many opportunities to be supported to develop your knowledge and expertise.

**Working Pattern**:
This is a full-time, 37 hours a week, permanent role. Consideration will be given to less than 37 hours a week but given the work of the team we want to recruit at as close to 37 hours as possible.

Once trained, some remote working will be possible, but with office-based working as required. Your main office location will be New County Hall, Truro. We’re happy to discuss this at interview

**What you’ll need to succeed**:
A legal qualification or relevant experience in the types of work within the remit of the team would be an advantage albeit training will be given.

You’ll have excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to work under pressure and to strict timescales. The nature of the work we do requires you to be adaptable, flexible and ready to work collaboratively as part of a team of specialist colleagues. There’ll be the opportunity to develop your skills in a wide range of areas. We also want you to be enthusiastic about learning new skills and new areas connected to this area of work.

Don’t worry if you don’t have local government experience as we’ll give you the support you need to develop and learn that area.

**_Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
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**What you’ll get in return**:
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

**Additional Information**:
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here.

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Sara Eathorne on 01872 322222

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