Access Social Care
Careers at Access Social Care
Access Social Care provides free legal advice and information for people with social care needs, helping achieve a better quality of life. We work with communities to increase knowledge of the law and our rights. We highlight the gap left by cuts to Legal Aid and provide advice for those who can’t afford it.
With a 98% success rate, our network of lawyers provide access to justice when things go wrong. We collaborate with social services whilst ensuring legal obligations are met. We are working towards a future where social care is adequately funded and we all get the support we need.
We provide rights awareness training to front line managers, and legal advice and support to families and individuals. As well as providing access to justice, our aim is to drive system level change through evidence-led influencing and strategic casework. We operate our casework service mainly under a membership model where organisations involved in the social care sector contract with Access Social Care to provide legal assistance to their clients.
Escape's take on Access Social Care
Access Social Care is a legal advice charity passionate about making social care law accessible to the public. They believe that everyone who needs social care should be able to access it, understand their social care rights, and enforce their rights to the care they need. They run a free, specialist Advice Line and Legal Advocacy service, as well as training for professionals and a legal network for lawyers and advice workers. Access is a purposeful organisation with a warm and inclusive culture, and a focus on personal and professional development. They are doing an awesome job of making the UK social care system more transparent and understandable.