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Children Panel Solicitor
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The Simpson Millar work environment offers a welcoming and friendly atmosphere where our people work together to make a real difference for our clients. If this sounds like a team you want to be a Solicitor in, then read on. Our public law department covers a number of areas of work including matters relating to education, health, human rights, and community care and child protection. The firm is ranked in the Chambers and Legal 500 publications. We are inviting an experienced Children Law accredited solicitor to join our Manchester office to work with our expanding Child Care Proceedings team, specialising in public law children matters. The successful candidate will be responsible for both fee earning and business development. We are looking for a candidate with a caring and enthusiastic personality, a warm client care manner and the ability and willingness to actively promote the profile of the department and Simpson Millar. The ideal candidate will have experience in all areas of family proceedings with an emphasis on children matters. They will have experience in representing children at contested hearings and a strong history of working with Cafcass. Any applicant must have a strong background in advocacy and be enthusiastic in promoting the team to include marketing and networking activities and a minimum of three years post qualification experience in public law children work. They will work well in a team and ideally have some experience of supporting junior colleagues.