Family Associate Solicitor

ENL Legal Recruitment; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Private healthcare

Genuine career progression

Job summary

ENL Legal Recruitment is seeking a Family / Childcare Solicitor with 5+ years PQE in Devon to handle a busy caseload and join a supportive team.

You will advise on child arrangements orders and related issues, attend courts, and contribute to business development, with flexible working options and private healthcare available.

Qualifications

• Childcare/Family law solicitor with minimum 5 years PQE.
• Experience in complex family childcare matters.
• Advocacy experience and confidence in court representation.
• Ability to contribute to business development and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Advise and represent clients across childcare matters, including orders and disputes.
• Advocacy in courts and tribunals where appropriate.
• Contribute to the growth and profile of the team.

Skills

Advocacy experience

Communication skills

Court representation

Teamwork

Job description

Family / Childcare Solicitor, 5+ Years PQE, Devon, £70,000+ (DOE), Full-time opportunity to join a busy team who have an existing caseload in place ready for you to step into straight away. - JOB REF:4948

THE ROLE:

• This is a key role within a growing practice, offering high-quality work, genuine responsibility and the support of a collaborative and well-resourced team.
• You will advise and represent clients across the full spectrum of family childcare matters, delivering expert guidance in complex and sensitive cases while contributing to the continued growth and profile of the team.
• You will be responsible for a varied childcare caseload to include child arrangements orders and contact disputes, parental responsibility matters, adoption proceedings, emergency applications and protection orders and public law childcare proceedings.
• Advising and representing clients at court and tribunals, conducting advocacy where appropriate.
• You will also be involved in business development activities and relationship building.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• This role is ideal for a proactive, enthusiastic and experienced childcare lawyer with a strong reputation for client care and technical excellence.
• Applications are sought from Childcare Solicitors or Legal Executives with a minimum of 5 Years PQE.
• Significant experience in complex family childcare matters.
• Advocacy experience and confidence in court representation.
• You will have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, attention to detail and work well within a team environment.

ON OFFER:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working options
• Private healthcare
• Genuine career progression

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.