Associate Solicitor – Social Care

Company: Browne Jacobson LLP
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Location: Nottingham
Job Description:

We’re looking for colleagues who want to share in the success of our leading social care practice. You’ll be passionate about social care, and committed to delivering clear, pragmatic advice to clients responsible for delivering this essential public service. We’re primarily looking to recruit at Associate level, though we welcome applications from those approaching qualification or seeking a Senior Associate role. We’re committed to working with the right candidate to understand their strengths and areas for development, supporting them to build their knowledge and experience within this role.

Our practice is at the forefront of social care, an area in which policy and legal developments, and clients’ ongoing work to transform services mean that there are always opportunities to break new legal ground. We have an essential role in supporting our client with the most complex and high profile scenarios that arise in social care. This means that everyone in our team gets the opportunity to build a portfolio of varied and interesting work which will help them build their knowledge, their personal brand, and their career.

We want the person who joins us in this role to thrive and to progress. Many of our colleagues have built successful and rewarding careers at Browne Jacobson, which has been recognised as one of the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026: The 15 Best Midsize Employers to Grow Your Career in the UK.

This role offers genuine opportunities for personal and professional development

  • Being part of a growing and high profile practice area
  • Exposure to new and emerging areas of law of real public importance
  • Direct client work from an early stage, with the opportunity to take on client relationship responsibilities as your career develops

We offer a flexible and hybrid working model.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension contributions, an employee assistance programme, and a range of wellbeing initiatives.

  • private medical insurance
  • pension contributions
  • an employee assistance programme
  • a range of wellbeing initiatives
  • Enhanced parental leave

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we’re open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We celebrate diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, social economic background or age.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

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Posted: October 6th, 2026