Looking for a stable and rewarding care role in Scotland where your practical skills and compassion truly matter? This Care Assistant position with Fife Council offers the opportunity to support individuals in their daily lives while building recognised qualifications in the social care sector. Candidates are expected to hold, or be willing to work towards within the initial registration period, an SCQF Level 5 qualification (equivalent to SVQ2) to meet Scottish Social Services Council requirements.
This role suits individuals who can communicate clearly, stay organised, and manage their workload with minimal supervision while contributing effectively within a team. Daily responsibilities include assisting with personal care, administering medication, and supporting with essential tasks such as budgeting, cooking, and maintaining a clean living environment. The position also requires physical capability, including moving and handling duties and the ability to carry out tasks such as kneeling and standing with ease, ensuring safe and consistent care delivery for service users.
Position: Care Assistant
Job Type: Part-Time
Salary: £26,786.83 – £29,170.80 (Pro Rata)
Location: Fife
Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 25 May 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 17 May 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 – £29,170.80 (Pro Rata)
Working Pattern: Various posts available working 20 – 30 hours per week (with option of extra hours where available)
Location: Various location across Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly and Kelty
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
To provide support for people within their own homes and their local community. This may be in a shared tenancy or a one-to-one basis where successful applicants may be lone working.
You will be provided with all necessary training such as Moving and Handling, Dysphagia, Medication and Lone Working etc. where required.
Auto enrolment onto the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Enhancements of time and a third for unsocial hours.
Sleepovers are paid at the SGLW currently £13.64 per hour.
32 annual leave days rising to 37 days after 5 years.
This role includes dayshifts, backshifts, sleepovers and nightshifts and weekend working.
The Person
- Must have or be willing to achieve in the first period of registration, the social services and healthcare SCGF level 5 (equivalent to SVQ2) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.
- Communication skills, organisational skills, ability to manage and prioritise workload, ability to work with minimal supervision, team working skills, literacy skills and basic IT skills.
- Ability to provide support to individuals with personal care needs, medication administration, budgeting, cooking and cleaning, moving & handling, ability to undertake physical tasks e.g. being able to comfortably kneel on beds and floors and able to rise without difficulty.
- 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.
- If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe.
More details are included in the role profile.
‘We provide training aligned to the principles of the National Induction Framework’
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
How We Work Matters – Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters 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
Directorate Information – Council Department Information
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Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email: transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk
For further information please contact PatrycjaKieltyka – Patrycja.Kieltyka@fife.gov.uk
Application Process
APPLY ON THE EMPLOYER’S WEBSITE HERE
Application Deadline
May 17th, 2026