Senior Family Solicitor

yolk recruitment; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working across the South West

Flexible working options

25–30 days annual leave

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded specialist family law practice with the recruitment of a Senior Family Solicitor in Bristol. This role offers hybrid and flexible working arrangements and a path to senior leadership within a supportive South West team.

You will lead a varied caseload, including public law children matters and advocacy in care proceedings, while supervising junior members and collaborating with the wider family law group.

Qualifications

• 10+ years PQE as a Family Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with Family Practice Rights in litigation and advocacy.
• Accreditation through the Children Panel or Resolution is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage public law children matters and represent parents, family members and children in care proceedings.
• Represent children in Rule 16.4 proceedings and take instructions from competent children where appropriate.
• Conduct your own advocacy and attend court hearings predominantly across the South West.
• Handle Legal Aid children law matters alongside opportunities to undertake private children work.
• Supervise and support fellow fee earners, trainees and junior members of the family law team.

Skills

Advocacy

Client care

Communication

Education

10+ years PQE / Family Practice Rights

Children Panel or Resolution Accreditation

Tools

CCMS

HMCTS portal

Job description

Senior Family Solicitor

Bristol

Salary up to 75,000 DOE

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a highly regarded specialist family law practice with the recruitment of a Senior Family Solicitor to join its established South West team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior family lawyer with extensive Legal Aid and children law experience who wants greater flexibility, high-quality work and the opportunity to play an important role within a supportive and growing team.

The firm specialises exclusively in family law and is recognised for its commitment to access to justice and supporting vulnerable clients. With opportunities available across the South West, the role also offers genuine hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

This is what you will be doing

As a Senior Family Solicitor, you will manage your own varied caseload while working alongside an experienced team of solicitors, trainees and paralegals. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing public law children matters and representing parents, family members and children in care proceedings.
• Representing children in Rule 16.4 proceedings and taking instructions from competent children where appropriate.
• Conducting your own advocacy and attending court hearings predominantly across the South West.
• Handling Legal Aid children law matters alongside opportunities to undertake private children work.
• Supervising and supporting fellow fee earners, trainees and junior members of the family law team.

The experience you will bring to the team

You will bring the following experience to the Family team:

• 10+ years' PQE as a Family Solicitor or be a Chartered Legal Executive with Family Practice Rights in litigation and advocacy.
• Significant experience handling Legal Aid children law and public law care proceedings.
• Accreditation through the Children Panel or Resolution.
• Strong advocacy, client care and communication skills, particularly when supporting vulnerable clients.
• Experience using CCMS and the HMCTS portal, with confidence working within a modern, paperless legal environment.

This is what you will get in return

This Senior Family Solicitor opportunity offers a package designed to provide both career development and genuine flexibility:

• Salary of up to 75,000 per annum, dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working across the South West.
• Full-time, part-time and flexible working options.
• 25-30 days' annual leave depending on experience, plus bank holidays.
• Genuine opportunities to progress into supervision and team leader positions.
• A supportive and collaborative specialist family law environment.
• Modern systems, technology and working practices.
• The opportunity to undertake meaningful Legal Aid work and support vulnerable individuals and families.

For an experienced Senior Family Solicitor, this is an opportunity to continue undertaking high-quality care and children law work while gaining greater control over your working week and developing your career within a specialist family law environment.

Are you up to the challenge?

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work. Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.