Family Solicitor - Mixed Caseload - Open to all experience levels

QED Legal; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Job summary

QED Legal is seeking a Family Solicitor for a long-established firm in Greater Manchester. The role offers a highly flexible, hybrid working pattern and focuses on a varied family caseload, combining private and publicly funded work.

The successful candidate will handle private family matters, divorce and separation, financial issues, children matters, domestic abuse, public law children work and care proceedings, and Legal Aid matters, with the opportunity to develop areas of expertise within a

Qualifications

• Solid experience in family law and managing your own caseload.
• Experience with Legal Aid work and child law is essential.
• Ability to handle diverse private and publicly funded matters.

Responsibilities

• Private family matters
• Divorce and separation
• Financial matters
• Children matters
• Domestic abuse
• Public law children work and care proceedings
• Legal Aid matters

Skills

Family Law

Legal Aid

Caseload Management

Job description

Family Solicitor – Respected Firm – Hybrid

Experience Level: Open to all, details in job description

Location

Rochdale / Greater Manchester

Salary

£40,000 - £60,000 Dependent on experience

Working Pattern

Highly Flexible

An opportunity has arisen for a Family Solicitor to join a long-established and highly regarded law firm with an excellent reputation across Greater Manchester. The firm has a traditional approach to client care and professional standards, whilst embracing modern ways of working. They are exceptionally flexible when it comes to working arrangements and are happy to tailor the role around the right individual.

Role

You will handle a varied family caseload incorporating both private and publicly funded work, with the opportunity to develop your own areas of expertise.

• Private family matters
• Divorce and separation
• Financial matters
• Children matters
• Domestic abuse
• Public law children work and care proceedings
• Legal Aid matters

Requirements

The firm is open to Family Solicitors at different stages of their careers, they have a small team which you can join as a fee earner or be Head Of. The department is not desperately in need of leadership but the right individual could certainly take on this responsibility. You should have solid experience in family law and be confident dealing with clients and managing your own caseload. Legal Aid experience and child law experience is essential.

The Firm

This is a well-established, traditional law firm with a fantastic local reputation, strong client relationships and a long history of serving individuals and families in the area. Despite its traditional values and approach to client service, the firm operates in a modern way and is extremely flexible in its approach to working arrangements. This is an opportunity to join a genuinely supportive environment where quality of work, client care and professional standards remain at the heart of the practice.