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- Handling your own portfolio of child care cases, including proceedings under public law, child protection concerns, adoption, special guardianship, and international or domestic abduction.
- Conducting advocacy where suitable.
- Mentoring and supervising junior team members including trainees and caseworkers, ensuring quality and compliance across caseloads.
- Offering strategic and technical advice on complex legal issues to colleagues.
- Assisting with in-house training initiatives and contributing to ongoing professional development within the team.
- Supporting business development through networking, marketing, and relationship-building activities to grow the department’s client base.
- A qualified Solicitor with approximately 2+ years’ PQE in Child Care Law.
- Strong experience in managing a range of children-related legal matters within both the public and private sectors.
- Prior experience supervising junior legal staff is highly desirable, as is familiarity with working to performance targets.
- Advocacy experience is advantageous but not essential.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with vulnerable individuals.
- Meticulous attention to detail, with strong organisation and document-handling skills.
- Commercially minded with a proactive approach to developing the firm’s family law offering.
- Confident using Microsoft Office and legal case management systems.
- A current, valid practising certificate is essential.
