Proposed Interview Date: Wednesday 22 July - Friday 24th July 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 28 June 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 - £29,170.80
Working Pattern: 18 or 36 hours per week
Location: Methil Area
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.
You will promote social inclusion and offer opportunities for people within Adult Services (Resources), Complex and Critical Care Services across Fife.
You will be supporting people who experience challenges with their health, this may be physical health, mental health, Autism or people who may have a learning disability. You’ll be providing support with the varying aspects of day-to-day life.
Your role will involve delivering care and support, including participating in a range of social and recreational activities, as individuals we are all different, as is the care and support required. You will encourage people to make their own decisions and choices in all aspects of their daily lives and to live as independently as possible.
You will support service users by increasing their social and independent living skills in their own home in a person-centered way that promotes the principles of social inclusion.
Fife Council pays the Scottish Local Government Living Wage Rate to employees earning less than £13.64 per hour. If the hourly rate of pay for the post is less than the Scottish Local Government Living Wage Rate a supplement will be paid
The job pack for this vacancy is attached at the bottom of the page. It provides more detailed information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Role:
Duties include all aspects of personal care, must have the ability to undertake all Moving and Handling maneuvers and tasks including the pushing and pulling of wheelchairs.
Flexibility will be required in the way the days/hours are worked for each post dependent on the needs of service users.
The successful candidate will work on an as required basis which includes days, evenings, weekends, sleep-ins, and wakened nights, including public holidays, Christmas and New Year.
The successful candidate will promote social inclusion by working with people to maximise their personal independence, health and wellbeing to access opportunities in their local communities.
The role will include working as part of a team as well as lone working.
The role of the Care Assistant can be physically and emotionally demanding.
The Person
Must have or be willing to achieve in the first period of registration, the Social Services and Healthcare SCQF level 6 (equivalent to SVQ3) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.
Duties include all aspects of personal care, have the ability to undertake all Moving
and Handling tasks including the pushing and pulling of wheelchairs.
Flexibility will be required in the way the days/hours are worked for each post dependent on the needs of service users.
The successful candidate will work on an as required basis which includes days,
evening, weekends, sleep-ins, and wakened nights, including public holidays, Christmas and New Year.
The successful candidate will promote social inclusion by working with people tomaximise their personal independence, health and wellbeing and to accessopportunities in their local communities.
The successful candidate must demonstrate good communication skills, organisational skills, Ability to manage and prioritise workload, Ability to work with minimal supervision, Team working skills, Literacy skills, and have IT skills.
Before confirming to 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, you 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.
If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe.
More details are included in the role profile.
