Lead Practitioner (Housing First)

Turning Point Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Training & development

35 holidays per year

Job summary

Turning Point Scotland is recruiting a Lead Practitioner for the Fife Support Service, based at the Dunfermline Office with outreach across Fife. The role focuses on Housing First and homelessness prevention, offering a permanent contract and both full-time and part-time options.

You will work with individuals with complex needs, liaise with local authorities to secure tenancy, support life skills, and empower clients to maintain independent housing within the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in social care or homelessness support is advantageous but training is provided.
• Ability to work with individuals with complex needs and provide practical and emotional support.
• Willingness to engage with local authorities and housing providers to secure tenancy.

Responsibilities

• Work with individuals with complex needs to achieve personal outcomes and maintain daily living.
• Liaise with local authorities and housing associations to help secure permanent tenancy.
• Provide life skills coaching to sustain tenancy and promote independence.
• Engage with the community and external professionals to support client growth.

Skills

Emotional support

Liaison with local authority

Life skills support

Community engagement

IT skills

Job description

Lead Practitioner (Housing First)

Locations

Fife

Service Name

Fife Support Service

Type of service

Homelessness & Prevention

Job Type

Lead Practitioner

Hours of work

Full Time and/or Part Time

Salary

£28,255-£31,777

Job Description

Post: Lead Practitioner

Service: Fife Support Service

Based: Dunfermline Office - Outreach support Fife-wide

Hours: Full & Part-Time Available

Salary: £28,255 - £31,777

Contract Permanent

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Homelessness and Prevention

Turning Point Scotland is the biggest provider of services to people experiencing or at risk of Homelessness across Scotland, delivering support to around 2000 individuals on any given day, 4500 per year.

We believe that in many cases, Homelessness is entirely preventable. Where Homelessness is not or cannot be, prevented the experience should be brief and non-recurring.

We provide support to people who are;

• Experiencing Homelessness
• At risk of Homelessness; and / or
• Need some support to protect their home

Around two thirds of our work is with people who are experiencing Homelessness.

We believe a menu of options should be available to individuals to prevent, or support someone to move on from Homelessness. This ensures we use a 'no wrong door' approach to accessing service and behind this door, people should be met with a 'Whole System Approach' to support.

We deliver a range of outreach services including Housing Support (Short and Long Term / Intensive); Housing First and Crisis Support.

Our ambitions are high for those we help; we want everyone to reach their full potential, to become active and valued members of their community, to acquire the life skills and decision-making capabilities to lead a stable productive and fulfilling life. We will challenge, coach and encourage to help achieve this, sometimes involving the peer support of others who have shared similar personal journeys.

We are also active members of the European Federation of National Organisations with the Homeless (FEANTSA) and founding Members of the Housing First Europe Hub.

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 Fife to enable people to maintain independent tenancy sustainment, reconnect with local communities and assist them to build their resilience to prevent repeat homelessness.

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 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 association 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!

As a Lead Practitioner, you will work with individuals who have a wide range of support needs, providing them with practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives e.g. keeping safe, meaningful activities, community involvement, physical health, relationships, emotional health and wellbeing.

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.

We value lived experience, please to read more about our views.

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 pay points of the role and based on experience.

Job Description

Person Specification

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.

Does this position require a valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle?

Yes

Does the post include personal care?

No

Does the post include cooking and housekeeping skills?

No

Will the service users be involved in this process?

No

Interview Date

11 November 2026

Contact name & details

If you would like to chat about any aspect of the role, please call our Recruitment & Engagement Team on 0808 1643100.