Job Title: Children Panel Accredited Solicitor
Salary: Competitive

About GT Stewart

We are a renowned multiservice law firm committed to access for justice. Our lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties and human rights. We are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm who are currently recruiting a Children Panel Accredited Solicitor / CILEx or FCILEx to join our team. If you are passionate and dedicated in the area of child protection, do not hesitate to apply. You will have support to enable you to grow and develop your own work within the team.

Your Profile

You will have experience in the following areas of family and childcare law:-

1. Care Proceedings and PLO matters
2. Private Law Children
3. Domestic Abuse, Non Molestation / Occupation Orders
4. General family matters, unmarried couples, cohabitation disputes.

The Ideal Candidate

• Be 3+ years PQE.
• Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Be competent and willing to undertake your own advocacy.
• Have a following preferred.
• Be prepared to network and create new business.
• Qualified and experienced lawyer (Solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive)
• Member of the Law Society’s Children Law or Family Law Accreditation Scheme
• Proven experience of managing your own caseloads within Public Children Matters
• Self-motivated, clear thinking and able to carry out casework accurately
• Ambitious lawyer committed to your own growth and development

Key Responsibilities

• Successfully manage your own caseload
• Undertake your own advocacy and representation of the clients in court, where possible
• Provide strong and clear advice and progress their cases from start to conclusion

Working With Us

We will offer ongoing training and support to develop your career as part of a strong and growing multi-office team.

Our offices are friendly, working entirely paperless with recent significant investment in modern IT to enable you to work proficiently. Our team work on a hybrid basis with a split of office working and remote working on the basis we trust that everyone works to meet their targets and deadlines.

We offer a great package of annual leave to ensure you get enough time away from work. Our annual leave for this role provides 25 days (plus bank holidays / Christmas and New Year). We review annual leave and increase with service.

We offer competitive salaries and bonus structures enabling our team to share in the profits of their successes.

Employee Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Profit sharing through bonuses, based on billing and meeting targets.
• Pension Scheme with employer contribution.
• Benenden Health Care
• Administrative support.
• Firm laptop and mobile phone
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Ongoing training and development.
• Hybrid working arrangements 2 days WFH, 3 days office
• Support from colleagues for case cover.
• Supportive supervision from mentors.
• Annual appraisals and salary reviews.
• Bi-annual parties for Summer and Christmas.
• Additional perks and benefits.
• Competitive training packages.

Our lawyers focus on their fee – earning and billing / credit control is undertaken independently by other teams in-house. We have a dedicated in-bound telephony team to take calls and messages for our fee earners. Lawyers also have the benefit of dictation and support staff to assist in easing the pressure and enabling efficient working.

We are a multi-office, multi-service Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners firm recognised for excellence in a variety of legal fields.

Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@gtstewart.co.uk.