Locations
Fife
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Service Name
Fife Support Service
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Type of service
Homelessness & Prevention
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Job Type
Lead Practitioner
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Hours of work
Full Time and/or Part Time
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Salary
£26,076-£29,144
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Job Description
Post: Lead Practitioner
Service: Fife Support Service
Based: Dunfermline - Outreach Fife wide
Hours: Full & Part-Time Available
Salary: £26,076 - £29,144 (pro rata if part time)
Contract Permanent
Use your skills in a career that cares!
At Turning Point Scotland, we have opportunities for Lead Practitioners to support individuals experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness and or need support to protect their home.
Standard working hours are 9am - 5pm Monday - Thursday, and 9am - 4.30pm Friday.
About the role
Our Lead Practitioner role will include:
Working with individuals who have a range of complex needs which often sit with homelessness, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives.
Supporting to liaise with local authority/ housing associations staff to help them to secure their own permanent tenancy.
Supporting with life skills to enable them to maintain their tenancy, celebrating achievements and milestones, both big and small.
Supporting them within the community and engaging with external professionals & empowering them to develop skills and independence, promoting their overall growth.
About You
You will have a genuine commitment to use your skills to support people to live their best lives.
You will be supported by a friendly, approachable management team, allowing you to expand on your existing knowledge whilst developing new skills. A level of previous working experience in social care is an advantage, but not necessary as full training will be provided to you.
We believe that both lived and professional experience you may have is further enhanced by having the right values of respect, compassion, inclusion and integrity in order to join our team!
We value lived experience, please click here to read more about our views.
About Us – Fife Support Service
We believe that a home is a human right and that an individual is best placed to deal with the issues that made them homeless in the first place, in a place they can call home.
Fife Support Service delivers Housing First support, where we work across localities in Kirkcaldy and West Fife to enable people to maintain independent tenancy sustainment, reconnect with their local communities and assist them to build their resilience to prevent repeat homelessness.
We welcome applications from all candidates who are eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
Turning Point Scotland offers a Salary Matching opportunity within the salary scale points and based on experience.
Please note that IT skills are required for all our vacancies.
Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 6 months of start date.
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Job Description
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Person Specification
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Benefits package
Turning Point Scotland have Platinum accreditation in Investors in People. Our staff are our most important asset, therefore we offer extensive training and impressive personal and career-focused development opportunities. You could be part of an organisation that not only offers excellent careers but makes a real difference to thousands of People’s lives and achieve your own personal fulfilment.
Comprehensive Induction
123 Learning and development courses
29 eLearning courses
Funded qualification – SVQ Social Services and Healthcare, work based assessment
Your Career Pathway, we promote from within and advertise internally all jobs
Pension Scheme, employer contribution 4%
Wide range of family friendly policies
35 holiday/public holidays days' per year.
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Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle?
No
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Does the post include personal care?
No
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Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills?
No
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Will the service users be involved in this process?
No
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Interview Date
7 July 2026
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Contact name & details
If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.
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