Relief Care Assistant

Proposed Interview Date:
Interviews will be ongoing throughout the advertising period

Closing Date: 27 November 2025

Contract Type:
Casual

Salary: £13.18 per hour (An unsocial hour element Will also be paid in addition to the hourly rate where required)

Working Pattern:
As and when required

Locations:

Napier House,Glenrothes

Ladywalk, Anstruther

Matthew Fyfe,Dunfermline

Lindsay House, Lumphinnans

Location preference will be discussed at interview stage

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

Older People’s Services has 8 residential services across Fife, with a team based in each service. You can view each of the service locations, listed at the top of this advert, and will be asked to provide your location preference at interview.

The successful candidate will work on a relief / casual basis within the care home which includes, early shifts, late shifts and a period of night duty, unsocial hours will be paid at basic rate plus 1/3 hourly rate.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for skilled and enthusiastic individuals to join our care home team in Fife Council’s Residential and Day Services.

We are looking for motivated and driven individuals with good values and a genuine interest in the care and support of older people within the care homes. This will involve providing positive support and encouragement for people to make their own choices and decisions in all aspects of their daily lives, as well as providing flexible support to enable the service users to access activities and achieve their personal outcomes.

This will involvepromoting social inclusion by working with service user’s to maximise their personal independence, health, wellbeing and access service opportunities in their local communities.

The care homes in Fife provide ongoing care and support to vulnerable older people: the care home also supports a respite, STAR unit and a day service.

Fife Council is committed to delivering services which are responsive, reliable, efficient and effective.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

Must have or be able to work towards the required qualification SVQ 2, as required by the Scottish Social Services Council. Within the time frames set at point of registration, once qualification achieved it is the person's responsibility to inform Scottish Social Services Council accordingly.

Provide care and support which meets the Health and Social Care standards.

Must be able to work with other Council services and partner agencies to support the effective planning and delivery of care and support within our service.

You should be able to work flexibly and creatively within a dynamic and ambitious team.

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.

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. More details are included in the role profile.

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• Job Category Social Services/Social Work/Social Care
• Posting Date 10/31/2025, 08:56 AM
• Apply Before 11/27/2025, 11:55 PM
• Locations 300 Napier Road, GLENROTHES, Fife, KY6 1BF
  , GB Ladywalk House Care Home, ANSTRUTHER, Fife, KY10 3EX
  , GB 57 Eden Park, CUPAR, Fife, KY15 4HT
  , GB 1 Kilmartin Way, DUNFERMLINE, Fife, KY12 0BQ
  , GB Broomhead Drive, DUNFERMLINE, Fife, KY12 9AQ
  , GB 9 Wellington Crescent, KIRKCALDY, Fife, KY2 6GH
  , GB 64 Cedar Avenue, LUMPHINNANS, Fife, KY4 9FE
  , GB Methilhaven Road, METHIL, Fife, KY8 3HS
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