Senior Childcare Solicitor

Nuneaton, with Hybrid Working

Competitive Salary + bonus and excellent career prospects

We are working in partnership with a well-established, successful, highly reputable law firm who are looking to attract an experienced Care Solicitor with public law experience to join their care team based in Nuneaton as a Lead Lawyer. 

The role will involve:

• Working as the Lead Lawyer in the Care Department, supported by an experienced paralegal and a legal assistant
• Managing a public law care caseload from start to finish with minimal supervision
• Applying for Legal Aid public funding for clients
• Assisting colleagues and working as part of a team
• Keeping clients fully updated 

Suitable candidates will have:

• Fully qualified status with 3 years' PQE
• A sound understanding of all aspects of publicly funded care work
• Experience of managing a publicly funded care caseload with minimal supervision
• Children Panel accreditation or the desire to wok towards achieving accreditation
• Excellent communication skills

This is a full-time permanent job, working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working will be accommodated. Free on site parking is available. 

Benefits include:

• 24 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and up to 5 extra days for length of service
• Your birthday off
• Hybrid / flexible working
• Enhanced company sick pay scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Discounted legal fees for you and your immediate family
• Payment of professional fees and subscriptions
• Exam and study leave
• Employee referral scheme
• Social calendar of activities
• Community and fundraising events
• Pension scheme
• Bonus scheme
• Excellent career opportunities in a wide variety of legal disciplines
• Competitive salary

Note: Salary stated is given as a guideline, in line with market rate, and will be wholly commensurate with experience. The information above is correct to the best of our knowledge. 

For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions

About Talentwise

Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.

We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.

About Your Consultant

Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service – the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.

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