Fife Council
Social Worker
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Proposed Interview Week Commencing 27 July 2026
Closing Date: Monday 20 July 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 - £47,604.34
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Kirkcaldy, Cowdenbeath and Glenrothes area
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply [https://www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/how-to-apply] section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement [http://www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement].
Job Details
This is an exciting time to join the Children, Families Social Work Service in Fife. We have redesigned our service to create a range of Early Help & Support and Enhanced Children & Families Teams. This has allowed us to focus on earlier intervention, community connections and the quality of service for children who are looked after or require a child protection plan. We are currently recruiting for the Early Help & Support Central Team based in Kirkcaldy also covering areas in Cowdenbeath and Glenrothes (must be able to travel throughout Fife).
As a Social Worker you will have a lead role in delivering our Families First Strategy, working alongside children and their families to help them get the right support at the right time, to achieve their potential and succeed.
As part of a team of social work and multi-agency partners, you will bring enthusiasm, creativity, compassion and effective problem-solving skills to:
- Deliver strengths based and person-centred support at the earliest opportunity to prevent and reduce family crisis and support inclusion in the wider community.
- Undertake trauma informed assessment of risk and need to inform effective and outcome focused plans.
- Support timely planning as the lead professional in Team Around the Child meetings, Child Protection Planning Meetings, Looked after Children Reviews and Children’s Hearings.
- Use a Partnership approach for effective multi-agency working to deliver an accessible whole family service.
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A link to the role profile and the Families First Strategy is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
- You will be a qualified social worker (or a social work student close to qualifying).
- Registered with the SSSC.
- You will carry a caseload of varying complexity requiring specialist skills and knowledge to enable the team/individual to respond effectively to the assessed needs/risks of service users.
- You will be able to communicate effectively with children, young people, their carers and other professionals involved with families.
- You will be able to assess need and risk.
- You will be able to work individually and/or collaboratively to produce plans to support vulnerable people.
- You will be able to coordinate and/or deliver interventions to support children, young people and families.
- You will produce high quality written work and be able to work to timescales.
- You will be able to organise your diary and prioritise your work.
- You will be committed to keeping The Promise and making a difference for children and families.
- You should have the ability to travel across Fife.
Workforce Support
The Children, Families and Justice service is invested in supporting its workforce to be skilled, confident and competent. We offer a range of support to our employee’s including:
- A comprehensive induction programme for new workers
- A commitment to regular and reflective supervision
- A culture where your voice matters and opportunities are available to shape how we work together
- Bespoke training, mentoring and a range of career development opportunities, with protected study time equivalent to one working day per month
- Enhanced support to Newly Qualified Social workers including a monthly forum
- Generous annual leave and working arrangements with home-working opportunities and office-working as required
- Competitive salaries
- Local Government pension scheme and employee benefits and rewards scheme
- Use of the Magic Notes tool to reduce the time required to complete administrative tasks. To hear more about what it’s like to work in a Children and Families Team in Fife, please listen to Brad’s experience Working with children and families | Job Fife
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Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
You will be required to register with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of taking up employment in this role and to complete the required Post Registration Training and Learning CPL (continued professional learning) over the first registration period.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile [https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/file/0031/40999/Social-Worker-CJS-A5056-2.pdf]
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters [https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/file/0014/40127/OD12-How-We-Work-Matters-Framework-2.pdf] behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
- Directorate Information - Council Department information [https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/council-and-democracy/council-departments#xd_co_f=MzBlNmFkMDAtYzRiZi00OTgyLWI3MjUtM2MxZWU1OWIwODQx~]
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- Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email: transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk [transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk]
- AI - We recognise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used by many people when they are applying for jobs and preparing for interview. Candidate guidance on the use of AI in the recruitment process is available here [https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/94771/AI-and-Recruitment-Candidate-Guidance.pdf]
For more information, please contact: Fiona McLaughlin, Fiona.Mclaughlin@fife.gov.uk [Fiona.Mclaughlin@fife.gov.uk]
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