What will your day look like? To advise on a wide variety of legal issues involving safeguarding and welfare of children within the North East Lincolnshire area. Depending on experience, you may attend a range of client service meetings to provide legal advice and to appear within the Family Court at various tiers from Magistrates to that of the High Court and National DOLS Court. Regardless of your level of experience, this will include the opportunity to collaborate with senior staff and other in-house and external experts. To provide accurate and detailed legal advice whilst providing a flexible and nuanced approach, to afford and enable the safeguarding and welfare of children within North East Lincolnshire. We are a busy friendly vibrant and welcoming team that deal with a wide children legal practice legal issues concerning the Children Act, Adoption and Children Act Education Act and issues concerning mental health that may impact on children. We work collaboratively to ensure all members of the team are supported in their mission to provide high quality advice to safeguard children and offer excellent client care and to achieve the best possible outcomes for the children is at the heart of our work. Who are we looking for? You should be a qualified solicitor, complying with the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales. Or a Barrister complying with the requirements of Bar Council of England and Wales or shortly to be about to meet such requirements. You should have experience in providing clear and concise legal advice concerning safeguarding and welfare of children. If your experience is not in safeguarding and welfare of children, you may have transferable skills that with support and training enable you to undertake such work as to safeguarding and welfare of children. The successful candidate should have a high level of communication skills, be an adaptable and driven individual and be able to manage a fast paced and everchanging legal landscape. Whilst knowledge of Children Act, Adoption and Children Act Education Act and issues concern mental health concerns that may impact on children is ideal, it is not essential, as training will be provided. We are seeking a friendly dynamic helpful and client service focused and skilled candidate with childcare experience who can apply their knowledge and skills and is open to a new challenge. Think you can make a difference? We want to hear from you! Why join us? Working in North East Lincolnshire Council’s legal team provides a high level of flexibility in terms of working arrangements and hours, including hybrid working and flexitime. In addition, the in-house legal team do not complete traditional legal time recording and billing in comparison to private sector law firms. The work conducted by the team has a significant impact on the local area and the successful candidate’s input on being involved in the safeguarding and welfare of children within the Nort East Lincolnshire Area. Development opportunities are also available in terms of additional training, shadowing other members of the team and career progression. The team are a mix of experienced solicitors, trainee solicitor and legal officers, covering a broad range of areas and compiling their different expertise and experience to work together. We work in a supportive environment and ensure all members of the team are supported on their matters with assistance and guidance provided when required. The team are busy, friendly and welcoming and are happy to assist and provide advice to achieve the best value and outcome for client department to afford and assist in the safeguarding of the Children of North East Lincolnshire. Joining our team would provide a candidate with experience a wide variety of legal issues involving safeguarding and welfare of children within the Nort East Lincolnshire Area. All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification. Please note, some responsibilities may differ slightly from the role profile attached, depending on the level and experience of the postholder. Where this is the case, the recruiting manager will provide clear expectations of the role as part of induction and probationary period. For more information, please refer to the attached guidance and role profile. If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Robin Williams 07786701629 Email: Robin.Williams@nelincs.gov.uk or Emma Finch Email: Emma.finch@nelincs.gov.uk Key Dates Advert closing date: Monday 25th May 2026 We aim to interview candidates: W/C 1st June 2026 Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .