Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 15 September 2025
Closing Date: Monday 8 September 2025
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC7 £33,732.26 - £41,972.91
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week
Location: Fife House, 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
We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for a committed and skilled practitioner to join our new Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) team within Fife Council’s Children & Families and Justice Directorate as a Family Resource Worker.
MST-CAN is an intensive, evidence-based, community intervention designed to support families where children are at risk due to physical abuse and/or neglect. The programme works intensively with families over a 6–9 month period to:
- Prevent re-abuse and neglect.
- Reduce mental health difficulties in parents and children.
- Increase natural social support networks.
- Help children remain safely at home.
We are seeking a Family Resource Worker to support and assist the delivery of MST-CAN Interventions, working alongside MST-CAN therapists, and contribute to reducing the number of children and young people entering care.
You will promote, develop and sustain successful partnerships across Children and Families but also across other services/teams that ensure the inclusion of children, young people and families receiving treatment by working flexibly and managing their own diary.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assist MST-CAN Therapists in assessing and conceptualizing referral behaviours, emerging problems and developing and implementing interventions using the MST Analytic Process.
- Assist clients in practical needs such as housing, budgeting, job attainment, and prosocial recreational activities.
- Support the collection of urine drug screens and/or breathalysers for parents or youths who are abusing substances.
- Perform safety checks in collaboration with the MST-CAN Supervisor or MST-CAN Therapist, respond to emergencies, and implement crisis plans.
- Build relationships and work effectively with colleagues from other disciplines and community stakeholders (i.e. Child Protection Services, legal advisers, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure cooperation among service providers.
- Ensure case records are up to date and inputted in a timely manner providing reports for the MST-CAN Team and other agencies. Participate in all MST CAN training, supervision and consultation activities.
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The Person
- Educated to SCQF level 7, which includes HNC or Advanced Highers or equivalent, in one of the relevant fields of Social Work, Health or Community development.
- Knowledge and Experience with Child Protection processes.
- Demonstrate experience working with families in community based, in home settings.
- Demonstrates considerable success in engaging hard-to-reach families, with strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to remain calm and defuse difficult or volatile situations. Is able to travel within Fife.
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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.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
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- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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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.
We are holding a Fife Council jobs fair on Wednesday 8th October from 10am - 2pm at the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline. This is a great opportunity to meet face to face with Hiring Managers and learn more about the type of vacancies that are available and what it's like to work in local government. There will also be a chance to get support from our job clubs and employability teams who can offer help with our online application process. Please pop along on the day to find out more.
For further information please contact: Stacey Hutton - Stacey.McDonald@fife.gov.uk