Full time Hybrid remote

Childcare Associate Solicitor

eNL

Birmingham, B2 5RE

£55000 - £70000 per annum

Posted: 04 August 2026 (Today)

Closing date: 03 September 2026

Ref: 60570658

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About the Role

A Childcare Associate Solicitor is sought by a Birmingham firm to manage a varied caseload, including child arrangements, contact disputes, parental responsibility, adoption, and emergency applications. This full-time, hybrid role offers a salary of £55,000 to £70,000, with a starting caseload ready for immediate transfer. The position requires at least five years’ PQE and involves advising clients on complex, sensitive matters within a supportive, well-resourced team. The successful candidate will handle their own files, contribute to the team’s growth, and represent clients across the full spectrum of childcare law. This Birmingham-based role provides genuine responsibility and high-quality work.

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 0121 454 1004 or email penny.trotman@enllegal.co.uk 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.