Solicitor - Social Care Adults

Overview

Adult Social Care Solicitor/ Senior Solicitor/ Barrister

£52,413 to £56,730 plus marketforces payment of £5,673 per year for 3 years

37 Hours per week

Contract type - full time, permanent

Work Style - Flexible: working from home with 2 days in a council location

The Team

The multi award-winning City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking an enthusiastic Solicitor/Barrister to join our dynamic Social Care and Education Legal team. This permanent position is an opportunity for career growth within local government. The legal department is Lexcel accredited, and the Commercial Property Team was awarded LLG Legal Team of the Year 2025. Working for us offers opportunities to excel as an individual and as part of a team.

There has never been a better time to join us as the organisation undergoes transformation. Recent developments have made the City a place to work, shop, study, and enjoy its vibrancy and transport links.

What the role offers you

We offer a wide range of benefits including competitive salaries, generous annual leave entitlement, an excellent pension scheme, a dedicated and modernised office space, and hybrid working amongst many more.

What you will do

• Provide legal advice and representation to our adult social care department
• Manage your own varied caseload including but not limited to
  • Applications to the Court of Protection including S21a challenges
  • Mental Capacity and deprivation of liberty including Re X applications
  • Applications to displace nearest relatives
  • Mental health queries
  • Ordinary residence disputes
  • Continuing Health Funding disputes and commissioning of services
  • Community care issues
  • Advice and duties under the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983
  • Forced marriages in relation to adults
  • Inquests
  • Judicial Review
• Advise senior officers within the local authority
• Be actively involved in client care and business development

What we are looking for

The successful candidate will be a solicitor/barrister in adult social care law. Local government experience is an advantage, though not essential; applications from private practice are welcomed.

Please see the job description and person specification for more information.

If you are interested in applying and require further information on this position, please contact Saroj Bangard on or email

Closing date: 24 October 2025

Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 3 November 2025

Our working arrangements

All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise performance and productivity, while maintaining a healthy work life balance. Roles with a fixed workstyle are based in a council location. Roles with a field workstyle may involve working in the community with minimal on-site presence. Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location and may involve working from home or other offices as required to meet service needs.

Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.