Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 27 May 2024

Closing Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC6 £28,251.00 - £31,179.34

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week (includes evening & weekends 8.48am - 5pm, 12-8pm & 2-10pm weekends)

Location: Based in Glenrothes but working throughout Fife

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

The Emergency Support Team provides short term intensive support and intervention for children and young people who have been placed in a foster placement. The team is part of a wider strategy to ensure that children in Fife get the right support at a time when it is needed most. The team works alongside workers in our locality teams and family placement teams by creatively supporting carers to provide short term support as well as well as with a view to supporting children’s foster carers when they initially move placement. Part of the role of the team is to work to stabilise a situation with a view to support future planning by the team around the child to de-escalate and support children and young people to remain cared for by their foster carers.

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 Emergency Support Team operates from 8.48am until 8pm weekdays and 8.48 am until 10pm at weekends. Staff work various shifts within these hours. These shifts can be reviewed dependent on the needs of the service.

Day to day task include, but are not restricted to:

• Undertaking short term assessment of cases to provide support and intervention to stabilise a crisis.
• Providing focused and flexible support to carers (alongside the family placement team), 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.
• Contribute to the development of short-term support and safety plans with carers, with particular focus on supporting decision making and promoting networks of support.

A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

• 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 to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.

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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For further information please contact: Fiona McLaughlin - fiona.mclaughlin@fife.gov.uk

We are holding a Fife Council jobs fair on 15th May 10am - 2pm at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. We will be on hand to talk about the vacancies we have on offer and what it's like to work with the council. There will also be a chance to get support from our job clubs and employability teams and can offer help with the online application process. Please pop along on the day to find out more.