Senior Family Worker
Fife Council · Kirkcaldy · £43,437–£47,604 (stated in the posting)
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 23 November 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 8 November 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 - £47,604.34
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Town House, Kirkcaldy
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.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
- Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team.
(Consider the following: how you have built positive relationships built on trust and respect; how you communicate with others; how you use your initiative to meet targets and achieve goals.)
- Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for children and their families.
(Consider the following: how have you demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with children, young people and their families; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families?)
- Ways in which you have demonstrated supervising and coaching skills.
(Consider how you have supported staff to ensure policies and procedures are applied, promoting high standards of practice within the team to support collaborative working.)
Job Details
The Children & Family Service has completed a service redesign to ensure services offer both an early help and support alongside core statutory services to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in Fife. Early Help and Support Teams (EH&S Teams) are based across the 7 localities in Fife, delivering a range of earlier intervention services to children in need to address wellbeing needs, concerns and emerging risks. The support will consist of a family-based assessment, direct 1-1 support, family decision making and a range of group work opportunities. The core components of the EH&S Teams are outlined below:
- Initial assessment underpinned by a whole family approach.
- Development of a family plan which is co-produced with families as part of a relational approach.
- support in family homes/EH&S base underpinned by a family decision making model.
- Delivery of group work (e.g. Incredible Years, Mellow, Triple P).
- Pre-birth support and assessment (including caregivers using harmful substances).
- Collaborative work with primary & secondary schools through formal partnership meetings (e.g. thematic group work, partnership training etc.)
- Collaborative work with Health Visiting Teams, CLD, Housing and Third sector organisations.
- Development of community initiatives based on thematic priorities.
Job Details
Key tasks include:
- Contributing to the development and implementation of processes, systems and practice standards with the aim of developing effective partnerships and building resilience and capacity for children; young people and families.
- Supervising and coaching family workers to ensure policies and procedures are applied, promoting high standards of practice within the team to support collaborative working.
- Coordinating and chairing meetings and formulating plans ensuring services are having a positive impact against agreed outcomes.
- Developing effective partnership and collaborative working with colleagues in Education; Health; Third Sector; Community Development to improve outcomes for children; young people and families.
The post involves some lone working, working flexibly.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
Educated to SCQF level 9 which includes a Degree or equivalent in Education; Social Work; Community Education.
The individual should have:
- Significant experience and skills in delivering children’s services.
- Knowledge of practice models; assessment frameworks and standards.
- Experience in Child Protection.
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people and adults.
- Supervisory skills.
- Motivational skills.
Further Information
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For further information please contact Louise Stott, Team Manager, Early Help and Support Kirkcaldy - louise.stott@fife.gov.uk
Based at Town House, Kirkcaldy, working 36 hours per week working across the Kirkcaldy area on a permanent full-time basis with a salary of FC8 £43,437.09 to £47,604.34.