Social Work Assistant bei HSCP OP Older People East

Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 7 October 2025

Closing Date: Monday 22 September 2025

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £30,691.29 - £33,732.26

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Based in Fife House, Glenrothes, with hybrid working included

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

Fife Council’s Children & Family Services are looking to recruit Social Work Assistants for our Social Work Contact Centre for Children & Families. 

This role is a hybrid working role, telephone based, with the office base being in Fife House, Glenrothes. 

The post is focused on duty work, and taking child protection and child concern calls from professionals and members of the public. You will also undertake telephone and IT system based assessments to ascertain the risks and protective factors for referrals into the service, and determine outcomes of these assessments. This will involve multi-agency working and quick rapport building with families, many of whom will be in crisis or distress. 

There are also opportunities to provide support to the MARAC, MAPPA, DSDAS and MATAC processes within Fife, as these are undertaken by the team – contributing to safeguarding high risk domestic violence victims and their children. 

You will be part of a small, long-standing team where the work is fast-paced. You will need confidence in IT, communication and assessment skills and child protection knowledge and training, including in information sharing. 

The successful candidates will be given a formal induction process, including frequent individual and group supervision, team meetings, training, shadowing and observation opportunities.  You will be highly supported and invested in, and Fife Council offers extensive workforce and development. 

Further Information

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• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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For Further Information Contact: Roz Weaver – [email protected]

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