Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 31 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Salary: FC6 £31,761.26 - £34,914.86
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
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.
The Close Support Team provide assessment, intensive support and intervention for families and carers in crisis where there is risk of breakdown. The team is part of a wider strategy to ensure that families in Fife get the right support at a time when it is needed most. The team works alongside workers in our locality teams with families and carers to provide support with a view to prevent family breakdown and unplanned admissions to care. The role of the team is to work to stabilise a situation with a view to support future planning and any transitions to longer term supports if required.
The team also supports our young people in Fife Council residential homes and beyond; focus is on helping young people as they move on to independent and semi-independent living. Again, the focus is direct work to support and prepare them for the next stage of their care journey ensuring they get the right support at the times when they need it most as part of the team around the child/young person.
You will be required to work a shift pattern on a 3-week rota which encompasses both days, evenings, weekends (every 3rd off) and public holidays. Enhancements are payable for unsocial hours at the weekends and public holidays. The Close Support Team operates from 9am until 8pm weekdays and 9am until 10pm at weekends. Staff work various shifts within these hours (9am-5pm, 12-8pm & 2pm-10pm). These shifts can be reviewed dependent on the needs of the service. Driving is essential.
Day to day task include, but are not restricted to:
Providing focused and flexible support to families/carers and young people, working creatively to stabilise a young person’s living situation utilising a strength based, solution focused approach reflecting the principles of The Promise and GIRFEC.
Considerable experience in a relevant setting either dealing with crisis or working with children, young people and their families.
Knowledge and understanding of Child and Adult Protection guidelines and information sharing protocols.
Experience of joint working to achieve common goals.
Experience of providing direct one to one support to families and young people
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
