About this role
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 16 February 2026
Closing Date: Monday 09 February 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC6 £30,691.29 - £33,732.26
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Based in Fife House, Glenrothes
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
You will be based in a vibrant and supportive team providing Justice Services to a wide verity of case types including domestic, sexual and violent offenders.
Primarily the role will be to supervise individuals on Community Payback Orders and Structured Deferred Sentences managing both risk and compliance matters but also addressing issues around wellbeing and welfare.
Knowledge of our internal systems such as Liquid Logic and Oracle would be advantageous but not essential as training will be provided, and similarly an understanding of the issues that face individuals who are in contact with the Justice system and more importantly how to support and manage them is a key element of the post.
Flexible working is available and a limited amount of travel would also be expected in the role.
Working in partnership to deliver high quality services to service users through robust assessment and case management processes.
The Person
The post requires the individual to undertake case management responsibilities for individuals who are subject to statutory court orders. This covers Community Payback orders and Structured Deferred Sentences as well as the provision of court reports and feedback to sentencers. To be able to undertake this post you must be able to work collaboratively with partners who can include Health, Court and Police Scotland colleagues as well as third sector organisations who can assist in promoting desistence and provide support to those we work with.
Welfare rights knowledge would be an advantage in this post as would the ability to prepare quality reports for courts and other partners. Strong IT skills would be preferrable as would the ability to work flexibly with a wide range of issues relating to offence focused work.
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About Fife Council
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy.
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What you'll do
- The role involves supervising individuals on Community Payback Orders and Structured Deferred Sentences while managing risk and compliance matters. Additionally, it includes providing court reports and collaborating with various partners to deliver high-quality services.
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