Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 12 October 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 04 October 2026
Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 - £29,170.80 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: 28 hours per week (Shifts are dayshift 06:00 - 14:30, backshift 14:00 - 22:30 and nightshift – 22:00 – 06:30 on a 4 on 4 off rota)
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.
To provide a Care at Home/Falls Response Service to vulnerable people in the community.
The post holder will work as a Mobile Emergency Carer within the Home Care Associated Services Team, which is part of Fife Health and Social Care Partnership.
The role will include responding to Community Alarm calls, using specialised lifting equipment, Moving and handling of equipment and people such as pushing and pulling of equipment such as hoists, wheelchairs. Assisting fallen non injured clients in line with Fife Falls guideline. Providing support and personal care for service users and their carers in accordance with an assessed need using professional, sensitive, flexible methods and skills, all in accordance with Health and Social Care Standards and assisting vulnerable service users within their own homes, with care at home tasks working with Health and Social Care Partnership colleagues and colleagues within partnership agencies.
The job pack for this vacancy is attached at the bottom of the page. It provides more detailed information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
You are required to have a current driving licence (you will drive Council vehicles).
SVQ 2 in Health and Social Care or willing to work towards.
Previous Care at Home experience.
Awareness of the Health and Social Care Standards.
You will be required to register with Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting employment.
Mobile Emergency Carer should have a positive, caring attitude, can work on their own as well as part of a team.
You should be able to undertake physical tasks.
Before confirming your 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.
You will save money on your SSSC fees as these will now be paid for all roles and grades by the Scottish Government.
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy.
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