Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 03 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 26 July 2026
Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 to £47,604.34
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy and Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline
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.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated Social Worker to join the Social Work Hospital Discharge Team (West). The team works with adults who have physical and/or mental health needs, their families and carers promoting a person-centred approach to discharge planning. The West team covers Victoria Hospital and Queen Margaret Hospital as well as Fife residents in hospitals such as Lothian and Falkirk.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team undertaking personal outcome focused assessments to support adults to achieve safe and timely discharges.
36hrs per week Monday to Friday on a permanent basis with a salary of £43,437.09 to £47,604.34
As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with office-working and home-working opportunities as appropriate to the role.
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.
