Social Worker

Contract Type: Temporary for 1 year

Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 to £47,604.34

Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week

Location: Bankhead Central, Glenrothes

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 Health & Social Care Partnership is seeking to recruit an innovative, creative and enthusiastic Social Worker to join the Social Work Contact Centre on a temporary one-year basis.

This is a varied and rewarding role involving complex assessments of need and risk, alongside Adult Support and Protection responsibilities. Given the focus on adult protection enquiries, applicants must have a minimum of 12 months' post-qualifying experience and either hold or be willing to undertake relevant Adult Support and Protection training, including Adult Protection Awareness and Working Together training. As a result, this post is not suitable for Newly Qualified Social Workers.