Jobs in Kirkcaldy Central, Fife

Who we are

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

What you’ll do

As Day Services Manager you will be responsible for leading and managing high quality, therapeutic registered day services and commissioned and non-commissioned community supports for people with dementia, those at greater risk of dementia, and their families, and carers within the area.

You will be responsible for ensuring that services are of the highest quality, meet Alzheimer Scotland’s vision for unique therapeutic, highly person-centred support. There is also the responsibility for ensuring that our commissioned services meet all service level agreement, contract specifications and Alzheimer Scotland’s quality guarantees.

You will have overall day-to-day responsibility for the services within the area and will be responsible for promoting the services with key local stakeholders within Health and Social Care as well as relevant other organisations. As Day Services Manager you will manage the referral and assessment process.

You will work collaboratively with the Head of Services to ensure safe practice and delivery of high-quality, person-centred therapeutic day services, ensuring practice complies with Alzheimer Scotland’s policies. You will be responsible for evidencing, reviewing and continually improving the quality of the services and will proactively participate in internal audit and Care Inspectorate inspections. This will include evidencing that services meet Alzheimer Scotland’s Quality Guarantees, Scotland’s Health and Social Care standards and other quality frameworks including those of the Care Inspectorate where relevant. This includes ensuring that the activities and supports offered meet the identified personal outcomes of those attending the services.

You will provide strong line management and leadership to your team, through setting clear objectives and outcomes, regular review within Support & Development processes and undertaking appraisals.

What you’ll have

The successful candidate will have experience of managing a team in a social care, health or other similar setting or be able to demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of the key principles and good practice of effectively managing and leading a team.

You will have knowledge and understanding of the Health and Social Care Standards and SSSC codes of practice and the Care Inspectorate and their role in registered services.

Understanding and knowledge of dementia, mild cognitive impairment and Brain Health and experience of working with or supporting people living with dementia and their families.

The successful candidate will have a recognised professional qualification in health, social work or related field, to SCQF Level 7 (SVQ 3)

This post requires a full driving licence and access to a car.

The Cottage Family Centre is seeking a caring and experienced practitioner to lead our Children’s Service. This rewarding role combines practical work with children and families, team leadership, partnership working and service development.

The role

You will lead a high-quality, child-centred service focused on early intervention and prevention. Alongside supporting staff, you will work directly with children and families, champion safeguarding, collaborate with partner agencies and contribute to the wider management of The Cottage. A key focus will be improving outcomes for children aged 0–3.

What you’ll do

• Lead the Children’s Service and maintain high-quality frontline practice.

• Provide staff supervision, guidance and professional development.

• Champion early intervention and support children’s development and wellbeing, particularly for ages 0–3.

• Build strong relationships with children, families and partner agencies.

• Promote safeguarding and respond appropriately to concerns.

• Monitor quality and contribute to planning, improvement and organisational projects.

• Contribute to management meetings, decision-making and wider organisational development, while ensuring compliance with policies, SSSC standards and regulatory requirements.

About you

• Experience of working with children and families, particularly children aged 0–3, in early years, childcare, family support, social care or a related field.

• Experience of supporting, guiding or leading staff.

• Sound knowledge of child development, early intervention and safeguarding.

• Strong communication, organisation, collaboration and professional judgement.

• You must hold SVQ 4 (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 9, and either hold, or be willing to work towards and achieve, an SSSC-recognised management qualification within three years of appointment.

• Commitment to service development and better outcomes for children and families.

Additional experience we would value

Experience in management or coordination, supervision, quality assurance, service development or multi-agency working would be an advantage. Where required, support will be provided to work towards the SSSC-recognised management qualification.

Ready to make a difference?

If you can combine compassionate practice with confident leadership, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Help us to make a difference!

Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to oversee the day-to-day operations of the service. Responsible to the Service Team Leader, you will have primary responsibility to carry a caseload of mediation cases involving disputes between neighbours. You will provide practical and emotional support to individuals suffering from hate incidents and anti-social behaviour. You will be a creative self-starter with excellent organisational and communication skills. The successful applicant will be flexible and imaginative in their approach and confident in their ability to help clients steer their way through difficult situations.

Previous mediation or similar experience would be highly desirable for this position.

A full, valid driving licence and access to a car satisfying appropriate insurance requirements is required for this post.

Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) is a requirement for this post.

For further information, please contact Sean Martin email address: smartin@sacro.org.uk or by telephone: 01592 593100.

Sacro values diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

The Rehabilitation Worker will facilitate positive lifestyle changes for clients by developing and implementing individual Action Plans to enable clients to live predominantly without using substances.

GRADE (A): £34,941 - £39,363

Candidates should:

• Be qualified to Degree/Diploma level or equivalent in Social Work, Nursing, Community Learning and Development OR hold an SVQ4 Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 9.
• Have experience of working with individuals with issues relating to their drug and/or alcohol use.
• Be computer literate.

GRADE (B): £31,761 - £34,914

Candidates should:

• Be qualified to HNC in Social Care or equivalent OR SVQ3 Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 7.
• Have experience of working with individuals with issues relating to their drug and/or alcohol use.
• Be computer literate.

The service operates on a Fife-wide basis therefore the ability to travel across Fife is essential.

FIRST operate a blended model of office/home working.

Care and Share Companionship is a highly-regarded befriending charity. We provide support and companionship for elderly people who are lonely or living in social isolation and who live in Kirkcaldy and the surrounding area. Our befriending services are typically provided via home visits, telephone calls and social events.

We seek an Operations Manager (to replace our outgoing Operations Manager), who will have responsibility for the overall operational performance and development of the charity. The role will involve working with our employed Community Programme Co-ordinator, our amazing team of local volunteers and our Board of Trustees.

The charity is well-run and we have ambitions to grow. This is an exciting opportunity to play an influential and leading role in the next stage of our development and, most importantly, to make a positive, meaningful difference to our local community.

Greener Kirkcaldy is a community-led charity working locally to bring people together, take positive action on the climate emergency and support people through fuel poverty and food insecurity. We deliver a range of projects, events and skills training to achieve the needs and goals of local people – building resilience as a community and working towards a future where everyone can live better and tread more lightly on our planet.

Based in the heart of Kirkcaldy – with a community building, training kitchen, bike shop and garden – we carry out activities across Kirkcaldy and work with partners to deliver projects across Fife.

The Community Food Team delivers projects that bring people together, tackle climate change and social injustice, and strengthen the local community. The Lang Spoon Community Kitchen is a welcoming place for people to come together to cook, eat and learn. The space hosts training, volunteering and work-experience opportunities, community cooking classes, and events, courses and workshops about food and drink.

We run a regular community meal, a community fridge and activities for different groups, interests and communities. Our programme includes budget-friendly cooking projects, climate-friendly food workshops, employability programmes, children and family sessions and income-generating social-enterprise classes. We are an approved REHIS Training Centre and maintain a small kitchen garden that supplies fresh ingredients. We also deliver events and workshops with community groups across Fife.

The Role

We are looking for a Community Food Team Manager to lead the development, planning and management of our busy community kitchen and its varied programme of events and activities, in accordance with our values, funding commitments and social enterprise aspirations. This role will also lead the development of new and enterprising ideas to grow our vision of a place for people to come together to grow, cook, eat and learn, working with the Senior Leadership Team to secure the resources to develop new project ideas.

The successful applicant will line manage and support the development of a small team, and ensure our Community Food Volunteers are adequately supported, supervised and celebrated.

A key part of the role is working with colleagues within the Community Food Team to ensure high standards of compliance with Environmental Health and Health and Safety Regulations, as well as overseeing the day-to-day management of the Lang Spoon Community Kitchens.

The successful candidate will be able to use their existing knowledge of the local social, political and cultural food landscape to build effective partnerships and help ensure Greener Kirkcaldy continues to be recognised by funders, partners and decision-makers as informed, trustworthy and effective.

We will provide training and you will be supported by a great team.

Working at Greener Kirkcaldy

We want our town to be a good place to live and work. We believe in a future where everyone has a say in what happens locally, people are working together to protect our environment and those in hardship are supported to live well. That includes our staff and volunteers.

Working at Greener Kirkcaldy involves being part of a positive, collaborative and social team. Our culture is really important to us. We promote equality, diversity and openness. We have a strong focus on staff wellbeing and development and encourage staff initiative and ideas.

• Benefits of working for Greener Kirkcaldy
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay
• Excellent wellbeing, training and development opportunities
• Generous annual leave, with the flexibility to take time off at times that matter most to you
• Social events

Diversity and inclusion

We want Greener Kirkcaldy to be an inclusive and diverse charity where everyone feels supported, valued and able to be themselves. We take part in Fife Centre for Equalities’ Equality Pathfinders programme. We also take part in the Race Equality Environmental Programme facilitated by CEMVO Scotland. Our Equalities Action Plan sets out the steps we are taking to improve diversity and inclusion.

To achieve our vision of Kirkcaldy as a greener and fairer place to live, we need a diverse team. We encourage applications from people of any background. We know that our sector particularly lacks staff and volunteers with Minority Ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. If you identify as Minority Ethnic or have a disability, we welcome your application.

If you need additional support to apply or take part in the recruitment process, please contact our Office Manager Dianne Girvan. Email dianne@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.