Overview
Childcare Solicitor Jobs in Manchester, England, UK at G2 Legal Limited
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Child Care Solicitor to join a leading firm in Manchester, offering hybrid working.
Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.
You will be an important part of the team, providing expertise to parents, grandparents, other family members, interveners and children – directly or through its CAFCASS-appointed Children’s Guardian.
About the firm:
The firm is a successful national law firm with offices nationwide. It is a strong people-focused business where staff and clients come first. The firm is a progressive, forward-thinking employer, offering flexibility and opportunities to progress your career to the next level.
In this role, you will lead the department, building and developing the department and workload, with full support of management to progress and drive the department forward.
Benefits with this role will include:
Annual Leave: 26 days plus Bank Holidays
Birthday Off: After one year of service
Company Pension: Included
Medicash Health Plan: Provided
Flexible Working: Options available
Social Events: Organised by the company
Internal Progression: Encouraged
Bonus Opportunity: Available
Hybrid Working: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
About the role:
Technical Expertise and Guidance: Providing support to team members and external clients
Management and Supervision: Overseeing solicitors, trainee solicitors and caseworkers/paralegals
Training and Development: Assisting with training opportunities within the team
Varied Duties: Handling various legal procedures and orders related to child care, such as Care Orders, Supervision Orders, Emergency Protection Orders, Adoption Orders and more
Representation: Representing parents, grandparents, other family members and children directly or through CAFCASS-appointed Children’s Guardians
Department Development: Generating work and building contacts to develop the department
Flexible Working Environment: Offering the freedom to work from the office, home, or any productive space of your choosing
Advocacy: Undertaking your own advocacy at court
About you:
Experience: Ideally in a multi-site, fast-paced legal business, handling a variety of child care cases
PQE: Between 1 to 10 years, with no upper limit on experience
Best Practice Knowledge: Familiarity with child care best practices
Guardian Following & Networks: Advantageous but not essential
Business Development: Strong capabilities required
Advocacy Experience: Advantageous but not essential
Personal Attributes: Positive, friendly, flexible, capable and able to build relationships quickly
Ethical & Sensitive: Ability to support vulnerable individuals through child care processes
Communication Skills: Strong interpersonal, verbal and written skills
Technical Skills: Proficient in time management, organisation, and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, document management systems)
Case Management: Familiarity with legal case management systems
Legislation Knowledge: Up to date with relevant legislation, policy changes and law updates
Team Support: Experience in supporting junior colleagues
Target-Oriented: Works to ambitious targets and complies with deadlines
If this role sounds like the challenge that you have been waiting for, please apply directly today!
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Title: Childcare Solicitor
Company: G2 Legal Limited
Location: Manchester, England, UK
Category: Law/Legal
