Job Description

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Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 21 August 2023

Closing Date: Sunday 20 August 2023

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC6 \xc2\xa326,242.46 - \xc2\xa329,245.89

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Based in Wemyssfield Kirkcaldy and cover across 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 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 resum\xc3\xa9\'. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at .

Job Details

An opportunity has arisen for a Social Work Assistant based with the Mental Health Officer Team.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and motivated and can work under supervision but also on their own, to support the Dedicated Mental Health Officer Team.

The dedicated Mental Health Officer Team works with a wide range of individuals who are experiencing Mental Ill Health providing specific interventions under a legislative framework. This is a dynamic team, and the post provides exciting developmental opportunities working with a wide range of individuals and services.

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership have a range of statutory functions one of those being the supervision and monitoring of Welfare Guardianship Orders. The post holder will initially be trained and supported to help the Mental Health Officer Service update the electronic information system to ensure we have the right information to be able to report on Welfare Guardianship Orders.

This task is likely to take about 3 months and by the end of that, the post holder should have a good understanding of the information system and be able to continue as part of the role to support keeping this up to date and accurate.

There are a number of tasks related to ensuring we have the right information which the successful candidate will be trained and supported to assist with.

There will be a range of direct work supporting people affected by mental illness, which will be directed and closely monitored by a Senior Practitioner Mental Health Officer.

Please get in contact should you wish to find out more about this new, exciting and unique opportunity.

The Person

If you relish a challenge and have a passion for public service, then Fife Health and Social Care Partnership will provide a great opportunity for you to realise your potential. We are looking for someone who:

Is passionate, skilled, innovative and people-centred.

Wants, and are driven, to make the difference to families, to our team and for yourself.

Is passionate about ensuring that people who use our services are at the centre of decisions about their support.

Can form positive relationships with the key stakeholders who have a contribution to improving outcomes for carers.

Excellent IT skills.

A relevant qualification such as SVQ 3/HNC or equivalent is desirable.

Experience of community based support and multi-disciplinary working with a range of Health and Social care agencies and/or the Voluntary sector would be desirable. The ability to travel throughout Fife is a requirement.

Before confirming 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
• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our

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 Tom Cross - tom.cross@fife.gov.uk

Fife Council