Adult Social Care Lawyer
MB4 (£36,072- £41,084 per annum), pay award pending
29.6 Hours (4 days), Full Time
Permanent
Stockport Town Hall with hybrid working (office attendance required of 1 - 2 days per week)
Application Deadline: 11:59pm 18th September 2026
Shortlisting Date: 23rd September 2026
Interview Date: 1st October 2026
Interview Type: In person
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Your Role
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Stockport MBC has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Care lawyer, specialising in Adult Social Care to join its highly regarded and forward-thinking Social Care Team within Legal and Democratic Governance. You’ll work within a friendly and supportive team environment where your professional development will be nurtured and appreciated. Working on some of the most sensitive and challenging, yet rewarding cases, you’ll be a critical support to our Social Care clients in achieving the best outcomes for vulnerable adults within Stockport.
The key responsibilities of this role include:
Handling a caseload of complex cases related to Adult Social Care, including matters such as the Court of Protection, Deprivation of Liberty, Mental Health, Mental Capacity Act, Inquests, advisory work relating to the Care Act 2014 responsibilities, ordinary residence, funding and charging disputes.
About You
We are looking for a highly motivated adult social care specialist. You should be a confident team player who is able to work under pressure and will thrive in a post responsible for a high volume of complex work. We are looking for an able and creative lawyer with a practical problem-solving approach who can prioritise efficiently and work effectively with the support of technology.
You will be responsible for providing the People Directorate with high quality advice and assistance to enable the Council to deliver its statutory duties in respect of safeguarding vulnerable adults. Effective advocacy skills and the ability to be flexible to assist other team members as required is essential.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to manage a demanding and varied caseload with supervision. You will need to have a current practising certificate (or equivalent qualification such as CILEX) and be able to demonstrate your ability to bring added value to a well-established team.
You will need to be able to demonstrate that you will quickly develop and maintain strong internal and external working relationships and working effectively in a team to ensure continuity of service to our internal clients and residents.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, friendly and flexible culture putting your wellbeing at the centre of your personal development.
About Us
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify
If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact please email Chris Binns, Deputy Head of the Adult Social Care legal team [email protected] or Maggie O’Toole, Head of Children and Adults Social Care Legal Team ([email protected]) to arrange a mutually convenient time for a conversation.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email [email protected].
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