Social Worker

Proposed Interview Date: Friday 06 November 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 25 October 2026

Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 - £47,604.34

Work Pattern: 36 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Fife House, Glenrothes

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 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.

Job Details

This post is for a Social Worker within the Aftercare Team. The Aftercare Team provide a social work service to care experience young people age 16-26. As a Social worker in the team, you will complete robust assessments aimed at supporting young people in all aspects of their life, such as housing, education, employment, daily life skills, mental health and wellbeing as they transition into adulthood. You will be responsible for case planning, assessments, and compiling/reviewing plans aimed at helping young people successfully transition to independence from care. If required, you will be leading on and compiling multi-agency risk management plans designed to reduce any harm identified. A Duty service is in place which is covered on a rota basis.

Key Responsibilities include

• Undertaking thorough and informed comprehensive assessments of need and risk.
• Working individually and/or collaboratively to produce plans to support young people and their families.
• Assessing, managing, monitoring and reducing risks to young people and others.
• Contributing to complex assessments of need and risk with an aim of improving outcomes whenever possible.
• Carrying a caseload with varying complexity, requiring specialist skills and knowledge to enable appropriate and effective responses to the needs/risks of service users.
• Providing written reports as required, including informed recommendations concerning care/action plans.
• Attending meetings and case reviews.
• Updating and ensuring the accuracy of all relevant young people’s records and taking responsibility for the effective application of information management systems.
• Engaging and working in partnership with service users, family members, Police, Health, Housing, statutory/voluntary agencies and others as appropriate.
• Leading on group work
• Carrying out specialised assessments around risk aimed at reducing risk of harm.

The Person

The successful candidate will be Educated to SCQF level 10, which includes a Degree in Social Work or equivalent.

Other essential person criteria for this post are:

• Ability to travel throughout Fife and beyond
• Passionate in providing a good service for care experienced young people
• Experience of assessment tools
• Knowledge of national outcomes, policies, procedures, professional practice models, values and standards
• Skills in risk management and caseload management
• Knowledge of appropriate legislation
• Initiative taking skills
• Experience of promoting equality and diversity
• Experience of analysing information
• Team working skills
• Ability to provide a regular, efficient and effective service
• Organisation skills
• Knowledge of information sharing protocols
• Problem solving skills
• Communicating skills
• Prioritisation skills
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to work effectively with others and on own
• Excellent report writing skills

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months.

If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe.

Further Information

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For further information please contact: Margaret Livingstone, Margaret.Livingstone@fife.gov.uk