Youth Worker

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 3 November 2025 

Closing Date: Sunday 26 October 2025 

Contract Type: Permanent

• Salary: FC3 £24,740 to £25,885(pro rata) 
• Working Pattern: 3 or 8 Hours per week 

Location: Kirkcaldy

Internal Candidate Guidance

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

The Kirkcaldy Community Development Team and Kirkcaldy YMCA are committed to working with young people to improve life chances through learning, personal development, and active citizenship programmes. Through our staff teams and volunteers, we will work to support young people to become stronger, more resilient. Our approach to Youth Work is rooted in our core values; Self-determination, Inclusion, Empowerment, Working collaboratively and the Promotion of learning as a lifelong activity. Our values reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the service. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with young people, their families, and the wider community.   

You will be part of the Kirkcaldy Community Development Team or Kirkcaldy YMCA working in a neighbourhood within Kirkcaldy. Your time will be spent delivering a range of opportunities and interventions to achieve the national Youth Work outcomes. You will undertake face to face delivery of Youth Work, meeting the needs of young people. As part of a team you will plan, deliver and evaluate programmes and activities using the Fife CLD Quality Framework.  

You will be required to undertake Fife Council training to ensure you act in accordance with policy around Health & Safety, Child and Adult Protection and Data Protection.    

You will a key member of the Community Development Team or Kirkcaldy YMCA based in the Kirkcaldy area and will work alongside Community Education Workers and a variety of others.   

The Person

You must be able to work and communicate successfully with others including Council services and voluntary organisations.  You must have experience of engaging with young people. You will be a Team worker and motivator with good communication skills and possess a can-do’ approach. You should be able to provide a regular and effective service.   

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 
• Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X @FCJobsOfficial. 
• 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: Lesley Pringle - lesley.pringle@fife.gov.uk
• 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 
• Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X @FCJobsOfficial. 
• 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: Lesley Pringle - lesley.pringle@fife.gov.uk