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CHILDCARE SOLICITOR - SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Employer
Brooke Thornham Consulting
Location
South Yorkshire
Salary
£32000 - £50000 per annum
Closing date
29 Sep 2017
Reference
TBJ7212

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Practice area
Family
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 7 years+, Partner
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

CHILDCARE SOLICITOR - SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Well regarded, full service private practice law firm are seeking to appoint a qualified childcare solicitor to join their team based in South Yorkshire.

This established and partner led team deal with mostly private childcare matters, representing guardians, parents and grandparents, however do also act for the local authority in care proceedings. This busy family department act on a host of childcare matters including care proceedings, guardianship work, adoption, child arrangement orders, parental responsibility issues and abduction matters. A large quantity of the work comes by referral to the firm, which says a huge amount about the quality of their offering.

Suitable candidates must have demonstrable post qualification experience of childcare work so as to be able to manage a full caseload. Ideally you will have advocacy experience and dealings with children's guardians. Children Panel membership would be desirable, although an interest in working towards this qualification will be fully supported by the firm. The successful applicant will be commercially aware, have excellent client care skills as is paramount for a role acting on behalf of children, an eye for detail and knowledge of document and case management systems.

Going forward the prospects for enhancing your experience within the team are good, and the firm would be able to accommodate a senior childcare solicitor looking for a step up to partnership or a more junior childcare solicitor who can expect support from a department that are compassionate, caring and well managed.
Florit Brooke advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the level of experience required for the role and this does not prohibit applications from candidates who are able to demonstrate the necessary skills and experience. We aim to respond to enquiries as soon as possible but if we have not contacted you within 5 days then unfortunately on this occasion your application has not quite met the requirements of our client closely enough.

Company

Brooke Thornham Consulting is a legal recruitment business established in April 2018 as a partial continuation of a previous brand which had enjoyed a successful 10 years of trading from 2007 and built a stellar reputation. With offices in Leeds, we specialise in the recruitment of Solicitors from Newly Qualified through to Partner level, and our focus is on the commercial market.

We are well networked with clients in the north of England where we serve an enviable client list encompassing Top 20 national brands and also regional practices and boutique firms. Our trade mark is our pragmatism, and trying to offer value at every opportunity.

We believe that when you give more, you get more. That’s why we’re generous with our time and expertise, and why we go out of our way to understand you, share our knowledge and add something extra – every time you work with us.

We’re experts in our field – and we get results. But over time, we develop something even more important: the intuitive understanding that really special relationships are built on.

Website: www.brookethornham.com

Director: Anthony Brooke (anthony@brookethornham.com)

Offices: Leeds (0113 4873080)

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 487 3080
Location
No.1 Aire Street
Leeds
LS1 4PR
GB

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