Senior Legal Adviser (PS Services & Housing)

£64,564 per annum plus excellent benefits

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

We have an exciting full-time, permanent opportunity for a Senior Legal Adviser to join our Legal Services Team. A small, dedicated team of Lawyers central to the work of Mencap across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We work closely with Mencap’s Teams and Directorates across the organisation to ensure that they operate safely and securely, and providing advice on complex issues.

The Senior Legal Adviser will provide high quality  and robust legal advice and assistance to support Mencap’s Personal Support (PS) Service Operations Teams for England, Wales and Northern Ireland:

The Senior Legal Adviser will represent the Legal Services in advising  and producing correspondence and documentation for the Operations Teams on some contentious matters, which arise from time to time.  They will further give advice and support to managers on a range of matters relating to the delivery of our services, including housing arrangements; service level agreements and housing management agreements; property maintenance, insurance; data protection; small claims and legal challenges against Mencap’s P S Services.

This individual will be working with external parties also,  including  external Experts, Commissioning Authorities, NHS Trusts and Boards, Brokers and Insurers, Housing Providers and Emergency Services.

At Mencap, we offer flexibility about where the role is undertaken. In this case, the role is mainly undertaken remotely, but a willingness to travel to the Peterborough and London  Offices from time to time for meetings is essential.  Occasionally, it will be necessary to travel nationwide. We would also consider a 4 day week for the right candidate.

1)with mainly contentious matters arising within the PS Services; and

2)ensuring the provision of suitable housing agreements are in place

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full. We campaign for a fairer society. We work with families and partners to build inclusive communities. And we deliver the services people need to live their lives.

Everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.
Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.
We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.