Qualified Social Worker | Children in Care

Qualified Social Worker needed for our Children in Care team in Southampton, paying £39 ph!

• Location: Southampton
• Rate: Up to £39 per hour
• Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary
• Role: Qualified Social Worker – Children's Services

This role will work alongside existing social workers to progress applications to discharge care orders and provide targeted support where children have returned home to parents and are ready for care orders to be discharged. The post has a strong court-work focus and will play a key role in driving timely legal outcomes.

• Supporting social workers with court work, including drafting and completing court statements
• Completion of court paperwork, legal documents, single assessments and SGO reports
• Supporting children placed at home with parents where care orders are progressing toward discharge
• Acting as a Duty Social Worker, responding to placement instability and breakdowns
• Providing flexible support, including occasional work beyond 5pm when placements break down
• Supporting children placed out of area, responding to service demands as required
• Being office-based 2–3 days per week and available to support duty social workers

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

For more information, please contact Dylan at Tripod Partners on or send your CV to