Proposed Interview Date: Thursday 11 June 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 31 May 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC6 £31,761.26 to £34,914.86

Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week

Location: Fife House

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

Fife Council Children & Family Service has recently experienced a period of redesign to ensure services offer both an early help and support function alongside core statutory services to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in Fife.

We are looking for motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic Social Work Assistants to be a part of our newly formed, busy Enhanced Children and Families Teams.

The role involves engaging and supporting children, families and carers at home and in the community, contributing to the assessment of need and risk as part of care planning processes led by Social Workers, taking an active part in supporting family time and sibling contact, building skills and capacity within families to promote strong attachments and positive parenting, direct work with parents, carers and children, as well as contributing to the delivery of targeted group and community work.

The successful candidate;

• Be passionate about supporting children to build, develop and maintain relationships with their siblings, parents and other family members.

• Be able to work on a 1:1 basis to provide individual support to children, their parents, and family members.

• Establish close & effective working relationships with colleagues across a range of services to provide support to children and their families.

• Be empathetic, understanding, creative and pro-active, with an ability to think out with the box to problem solve.

The Person

You will be skilled at building positive relationships and resilience in families, work in collaboration with partners, e.g. Health Service, Education, Police and Voluntary Sector Agencies. You will be a supportive team player and work well independently, you will have strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with strong organisation and time-management abilities. You will have the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure and be willing to learn and engage in professional development. You will practice in a way that empowers others.

Experience of working in Children and Families settings is desirable, particularly statutory settings. We are child-focused, non-discriminatory, strength-based and trauma-informed, non-stigmatising and inclusive, and we adopt a whole family approach.

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.