Childcare Associate Solicitor

ENL Legal · Birmingham, West Midlands

Childcare Associate Solicitor at ENL Legal, based in Birmingham, West Midlands, paying £70,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£70,000 per annum
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands
Contract
Permanent
Posted
4 days ago
Closes
3 Sep 2026
Sector
Solicitor

Bang in line with the market for solicitor

Reference 215304881

About the role

Family / Childcare Solicitor, 5+ Years PQE, Birmingham, £60,000+ (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: 215304881

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

HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Penny Trotman at eNL on [phone removed] or email [email removed] with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.

eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

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.

Reference: 215304881 · Posted 4 days ago · Closes 3 Sep 2026 · Listed via ENL Legal

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