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About The Role

OVP Solicitor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a junior lawyer to join our private client team, more particularly working as part of our specialist Older and Vulnerable Persons (OVP) team. The OVP is a team of lawyers with the expertise and understanding to support and advise older and vulnerable individuals, their families and carers on a range of legal issues.

About the role

The role will involve ongoing oversight and management of a number of professional Deputy and Attorney appointments for the firm. This will involve working with individuals with a range of vulnerabilities, including brain injuries, dementia, learning disabilities and mental health issues.

Day-to-day responsibilities and tasks include:

  • Meetings with vulnerable clients
  • Liaising with carers, care homes, estate agents and other professionals
  • Day-to-day management of financial affairs for vulnerable clients, including:
    • Reviewing benefit entitlement
    • Assessing financial resources
    • Assessing care contributions
    • Paying bills
    • Researching products and services the individual may require
    • Attending clients both in care and in the community
    • Reviewing care plans
    • Reconciling bank accounts
    • Preparing annual deputy reports
    • Communications with carers, families, banks, financial advisers, social workers and other professionals.
  • Preparing Court of Protection applications including:
    • Deputyship
    • Statutory Wills
    • Trustee removal
    • Gifting and ad hoc applications
  • Preparing Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney
  • Undertaking legal research and presenting results in an accurate and timely manner

    The successful candidate will be required to engage with team and office business development initiatives, including attending networking events (internal and external) and preparing articles, website content and social media posts.

    Previous experience of Court of Protection management will be an advantage, but is not essential as training will be provided.

    The successful candidate should be comfortable with client interactions and interviews. The successful candidate will be given the skills and training in time to be able to host client meetings, providing advice on a breadth of OVP services, such as care funding and attorney advice.

    This is a unique area of legal practice which requires sound judgment skills, care and empathy. Key areas of governance and legislation form the foundation of this fast-developing area of practise. As such, existing knowledge of the following would be an advantage:

  • Welfare benefits
  • The Care Act 2014
  • The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Care and Support Statutory Guidance

About You

About the applicant

The successful candidate will:

  • Have a passion for supporting and protecting vulnerable adults
  • Be able to work as part of a team, offering support to peers where required
  • Have good communication skills, adapting communication skills to suit the audience
  • Have excellent organisational skills with good attention to detail
  • Be able to deal with sensitive issues and scenarios with empathy and professionalism
  • Have a Private Client background (or similar)
  • Be capable of managing a varied workload - prioritising, delegating and diarising tasks
  • Be willing to contribute to networking and marketing initiatives
  • Have a willingness to learn new skills and processes
  • Show initiative through active case management.
  • Be happy to travel to client visits out of the office as required.
  • Be willing to undertake the STEP advanced certificate in advising vulnerable clients.

 

 

About Us

Benefits of working with us:
• Private Medical Insurance
• Sight tests / Glasses discounts
• Scottish Widows Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• International secondments for 0-5 PQE
• Happy People / Perks at Work benefits portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life Assurance
• 1/3 gym membership contribution
• Flu vaccinations

 

Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.

Why HCR people love their jobs
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.

What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.

What does HCR believe, achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 50, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 1000 lawyers and support staff, including more than 180 partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.


With 13 offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly across all our regions, and are well-respected as a regional firm with a strong London and international presence. 


With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
 
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients. We are privileged to be an armed forces-friendly organisation.

We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process.  Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. 
If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. 

 
A note for recruitment agencies – The HCR Resourcing Team is responsible for recruitment across the firm, and where possible will use direct hiring methods. We do work with a Preferred Supplier List, and where appropriate, we will release vacancies to those agencies who we deem most appropriate to support us. Only those agencies will be invited to submit candidates via our recruitment portal. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs sent to any employee or Partner of HCR will not be considered an introduction, and no fees will be applicable. Furthermore, we retain the right to pursue these candidates without query of ownership

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