Qualified Social Worker | Looked After Children Team | Luton | £38ph

Qualfied Social Worker needed for our Looked After Children Team in Luton, paying up to £38ph!

• Location: Luton
• Pay Rate: £38per hour
• Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
• Contract: Locum / Agency Assignment

About The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Social Worker to join the Looked After Children (LAC) service in Luton.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people in care, ensuring they receive the support, stability, and permanence they need to thrive.

You will work within a supportive and dynamic team, managing a varied caseload and working closely with children, carers, families, and partner agencies to deliver high-quality, child-centred social work practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of Looked After Children
• Undertake statutory visits, assessments, and care planning
• Work within care proceedings and contribute to permanence planning
• Build and maintain strong relationships with children and young people in care
• Liaise effectively with carers, schools, health professionals, and other agencies
• Ensure children’s care plans are progressed without delay
• Complete accurate and timely case recording in line with statutory requirements
• Promote the voice of the child in all aspects of planning and decision-making

Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee

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