Senior Lawyer – Children’s Social Care

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO6 (£56,058 – £59,298) – PO7 (£61,476 – £64,839)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 22nd November 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 7th December 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As a Senior Lawyer – Children’s Social Care, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality legal advice and representation on complex children’s social care matters. Managing a varied caseload, you will advise on care proceedings, adoption, safeguarding and other public law matters, working closely with social care colleagues to support positive outcomes for children and families. This is an excellent opportunity to take on challenging and meaningful work that has a direct impact on the local community.

About the team

You will join a knowledgeable and supportive legal team that is committed to delivering excellent services across the Council. Working in a collaborative environment, you will partner with social workers, service managers and senior leaders, providing trusted legal expertise on some of the most important decisions affecting vulnerable children and young people. The team values professional development, knowledge sharing and innovation, creating an environment where colleagues can thrive.

About you

You will be a qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive with experience of children’s social care law and a strong understanding of public law proceedings. You will have excellent communication and advocacy skills, the ability to manage a busy caseload and the confidence to provide practical, solution-focused advice to a range of stakeholders. Organised, resilient and committed to public service, you will be passionate about achieving the best possible outcomes for children, young people and families.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. 

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

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