Senior Practitioner

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 30 November 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 15 November 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Range FC9 - £47,604.34 to £57,196.54 per year pro rata

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week

Location: Cowdenbeath

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

This is an exciting time to join the Children, Families Social Work Service in Fife. We have redesigned our service to create a range of Early Help & Support and Enhanced Children & Families Teams. This has allowed us to focus on earlier intervention, community connections and the quality of service for children who are looked after or require a child protection plan. Following an internal promotion, we are currently recruiting for a Senior Practitioner in our Cowdenbeath Enhanced Children and Families Team.

As a Senior Practitioner you will have a lead role in delivering our Families First Strategy, working alongside children and their families to help them get the right support at the right time, to achieve their potential and succeed.

Our Enhanced Teams have an establishment of Team Manager, Senior Practitioners, Social Workers and Social Work Assistants. You will join our established team in Cowdenbeath and, alongside your fellow Senior Practitioner, support the Team Manager to optimise the quality of service that is delivered to children and families. You will combine the