Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 02 September 2024

Closing Date: Tuesday 27 August 2024

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC8 £38 950.71 - £42 686.23 

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Fife House Glenrothes (Blended approach of home working and office base)

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 is committed to ensuring that high quality foster placements are available for children who cannot remain safely at home. To do this, we are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team with a focus on assessing and supporting a diverse community of foster carers throughout Fife. 

Within this role your main responsibilities would include:  

Supporting and supervising a caseload of foster carers. 

Responding to fostering enquiries. 

Assessing capacity to foster. 

Placement searches for looked after children as part of a duty system.   

Organisation and development of support groups and events.  

A link to the role profile is provided at the bottom of this advert.  It provides more detailed information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.  

The Person

This post has a blended approach of working from home and spending time in the office. The pattern of working hours will be determined for individual remits and on occasions may include evenings and weekends. There will be a requirement to attend meetings outwith normal working hours, when necessary, subject to service user and staff availability. 

There will also be a requirement to attend outwith normal working hours for development, training, registration compliance etc when necessary. 

You will participate in the team duty system. 

You must have a Diploma in Social Work or equivalent. 

You must undertake thorough and informed assessments of Foster Carers. 

You will provide support, supervision and monitoring, and also contribute to the training and development of Foster Carers. 

You will have considerable experience in a Children and Family setting. 

Knowledge and understanding of Child and Adult Protection guidelines and information sharing protocols is essential, together with experience of joint working to achieve common goals. 

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.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.  

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you`re registered within the required six months. More details are included in the role profile.
 

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
• Directorate Information - Council Department information
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.

For further information please contact: Kelly Blaik - [email protected]