Solicitor - Childcare
Anthony Collins
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Legal / Public / Security
Responsibilities include the following;
- Represent parents in public law children cases, including care and supervision order applications.
- Manage a busy and varied caseload effectively, ensuring high standards of client care.
- Undertake advocacy in court where appropriate, with training and support provided.
- Collaborate with colleagues across Birmingham and Wolverhampton offices to deliver excellent service.
- Contribute to team development and uphold the firm’s purpose of improving lives and communities.
- Be part of an award-winning team that shares a clear purpose: to improve lives, strengthen communities, and contribute to a fairer society.
Essential Experience and Skills:
- Qualified Solicitor or CILEx Lawyer (with litigation rights), ideally NQ-5 years’ PQE.
- Experience handling public law children cases and representing parents in care proceedings.
- Strong client care skills with a commitment to access to justice and supporting vulnerable clients.
- Ability to manage a busy caseload while working effectively as part of a team.
- Advocacy experience is desirable, but full training and support will be provided.
What's in it for you?
- Hybrid working.
- 25 days holiday, 2 gift days at Christmas.
- The opportunity to give back and have 3 days available for social purpose volunteering.
- For Birmingham Colleagues, we have a newly refurbished office with an onsite café and free access to an on-site gym.
- All IT equipment and support for effective home working
- An excellent technical training programme and opportunities to grow sector expertise
What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We’re extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.
Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer promoting equality of opportunity. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
About the company
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As a national sector specialist law firm, Anthony Collins (AC) delivers accessible and pragmatic legal advice to its specialist sectors of health and social care, education, housing, charities, local government, social business and legal services for individuals. Our expertise is centred on a deep understanding of our clients’ needs, as well as on developing and maintaining strong relationships.
We are committed to staying true to the firm’s core purpose to improve lives, communities and society, with a goal of becoming the leading national advisor partnering with individuals, organisations and policymakers to build a stronger, more connected society. An example of this is the firm’s Social Impact Report, published each year. Our latest report highlighted that in 2024/25, 92% of our work directly improved lives, communities and society.
Our efforts as a distinctive firm with national influence across a range of key issues have been widely recognised in several rankings and awards.
We have secured our position as a top-tier firm in five of our practice areas in The Legal 500 2026 and have been highly ranked in the Chambers UK 2025 Guide, with many of our lawyers ranked as experts in their fields. In addition, we have been named as one of The Times' Best Law Firms 2024.
If you would like to find out how we can use our specialist sector knowledge, commercial acumen and legal advice to benefit you and your organisation, a member of our team would be delighted to talk to you.
If you are interested in working at an award-winning law firm with a clear purpose focused on the type of legal work which delivers impact, please visit www.anthonycollins.com/careers.