Youth Worker

Proposed Interview Date: Monday 09 November 2026

Closing Date: Thursday 22 October 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC3 2-5 hours per week (including evenings and occasional weekends)

Working Pattern: 2-5 hours per week (including evenings and occasional weekends)

Location: Rosyth, Inverkeithing,  Kincardine, Blairhall and Oakley

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

To work positively with youth work teams in a community setting to engage effectively with young people in their own communities and to contribute towards the learning and development of young people and youth work colleagues using a range of educational practices and approaches.  The post has a particular emphasis on Youth Participation, Youth Accreditation and working with young people living in poverty in rural areas.

You will be responsible for leading a small team of youth workers to plan, organise and evaluate general youth work activities such as arts and crafts sessions, sports events, team challenges, group discussions and project work and more specific activities such as Youth Achievement Award projects and residential learning experiences.

You will also be responsible in ensuring that the youth work team creates an environment where young people are able to relax, meet friends, make new relationships, have fun and find support.

Overseeing the organisation and delivery of learning and educational youth work activities in a safe, supportive and positive environment.

You will be responsible for completing personal evaluation materials and supporting the Community Education Worker in the delivery of learning activities and projects.

The Individual

It is a requirement of this post that the post holder can engage positively with identified groups of young people affected by social inclusion issues, challenging their behaviour patterns and supporting their learning needs.  You must have good communication skills and sensitive to the environments you will be working in.

The post holder should have significant experience of working directly with young people in a youth work, school or social work setting, be able to work positively within a team environment and have an understanding of group work approaches.

The post holder should be IT literate, have a good standard of literacy and numeracy skills and be able to write evaluation and update reports for a variety of audiences.

In Fife Council the way we work matters and you will be responsible for being a role model by displaying and promoting behaviours that are expected of all Council employees:

• Taking ownership
• Focusing on customers
• Working together
• Embracing technology & information
• Delivering results

Before confirming appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

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For Further Information Please Contact: Corinne McGinaly, Corinne.McGinley@fife.gov.uk