Job Description

Job Category: Executive/Senior ManagerDegree Level: Ordinary Degree or equivalent (SCQF level 9):Proposed Interview Date: Friday 13 June 2025Closing Date: Wednesday 21 May 2025Contract Type: PermanentSalary: FC12 xc2xa365,437.20 to xc2xa378,239.31Working Pattern: 36 Hours per weekLocation: Fife House, GlenrothesSupporting StatementAs 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 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 resumxc3xa9'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site atJob Details

• This is an exciting time to join the Children and Families &Justice Service within the Communities Directorate. The service has undergone a whole system redesign with a renewed focus on Early Intervention and Prevention.
• This post holder will directly line manage team managers responsible for Fife's early help and support teams.
• You will need to have a proven track record of innovation and creativity whilst 'holding' risk to assist these newly established teams to achieve the potential of the model.
• You will work with partners across Children's Services and beyond to ensure that collaborative working is establish in localities to support the work of these newly formed teams.
• The service manager will be skilled in assessing and managing risk and supporting this workforce to identify need and risk and manage this appropriately within this new service reducing the need for multiple services and interventions within a household.
• You will provide supervision to managers.
• You will work across Children and Families ensuring a one service approach to responding to the needs of Fife's children, young people and their families.
• You will lead and manage staff through this ongoing programme of change. You must be a skilled and experienced leader within the profession of Social Work and have the ability to evidence social work values are core to your leadership and management approaches.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.The Person

• You will be an experienced manager within Social Work and will have held a management position. You will be a motivated and enthusiastic leader who can produce high quality reports, presentations and strategy.
• You must be able to work in partnership with all staff across the Children and Families, Community Justice and Communities Directorate and have a proven ability to lead integrated services.
• You need to be a highly motivated and enthusiastic leader who has a track record of managing and implementing change.
• Experience of leading transformational change
• Be registered with the SSSC
• As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a xe2x80x9cblended workingxe2x80x9d arrangement with home-working opportunities and office-working as required.
• Ability to travel within Fife.

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, 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 profileFurther Information

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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

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For further information, please contact: James Ross at james.ross-fc-d1@fife.gov.uk

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