Newly Qualified Care Solicitor
- Join a highly ranked Legal 500 family team
- Handle complex childcare cases with real autonomy
- Fantastic benefits including 30 days’ holiday + bank holidays
This is a brilliant opportunity for a Newly Qualified Care Solicitor to join one of the largest family teams in the country.
You’ll work closely with colleagues across Sheffield and Rotherham, managing a mixed caseload of public law children matters and supporting the wider family department.
You’ll benefit from a collaborative, team-driven culture where colleagues step in to assist with hearings, share workloads, and support each other’s progression. With excellent reviews and staff retention, this is a firm where people stay because they’re valued, supported, and given space to thrive.
Who we’re looking for
- Solicitor with experience or exposure to public law childcare cases
- Ability to manage your own caseload, or ready to step up with training
- Advocacy skills
- Children Law Accreditation
- Down-to-earth, collaborative and client-focused
- Open to NQ upwards, though salary brackets suit up to senior solicitor level
What you’ll be doing
- Managing a caseload of care and pre-proceedings work, plus some private children cases
- Advising on child protection, fostering, adoption, and special guardianship
- Conducting advocacy and attending PLO meetings where required
- Working autonomously while being part of a supportive 11-strong care team
- Contributing ideas for BD and client service improvements
Salary & Benefits
- Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience (up to c.£55k)
- Holiday: 30 days + bank holidays (Christmas shutdown not taken out of entitlement)
- Flexible working: 2 days from home available, with core hours 10–12 and 2–4
- Progression: Clear pathway from NQ to Senior Solicitor, Head of Department and Shareholder Director
- Culture: Friendly, collaborative, inclusive – with supportive directors and strong ethos
- Extras: Clock-in flexibility, above-market holidays, regular socials, and a genuinely caring team
📩 Contact Lucy Wickham
Call 03300 245 606 or email lucy.wickham@realmrecruit.com to find out more or apply confidentially.
Key details
Salary
£30,000 - £40,000
Location
- South Yorkshire
Role type
- Hybrid working
Contract type
- Permanent
Practice area
Family
Job ref
V-49940-1
Specialist for family and care lawyers in Yorkshire.
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