Residential Childcare Worker

The Old Lodge is tucked away on the peaceful Boquhan Estate near Kippen, offering a safe and nurturing home for up to three children and young people. With its rural setting and beautifully refurbished spaces, it provides the calm and comfort young people need to settle, feel supported and begin building towards brighter days. We offer both short-term and longer-term placements, always focused on creating stability and promoting wellbeing.

Are you kind, patient and compassionate, with a creative approach to supporting young people?

If so, this could be the right role for you.

At Cross Reach, we support children and young people who have experienced significant challenges. Your role will be to provide consistent, nurturing care that helps them feel safe, valued and confident about their future.

You will be based in one of our small, community-based houses, working as part of a supportive team. The children you support attend our nearby purpose-built school, allowing care and education to work closely together.

• Build strong, trusting relationships with children and young people
• Support daily routines, activities and life skills
• Contribute to care planning and work closely with Lead Practitioners
• Take a thoughtful approach to behaviour, focusing on understanding underlying needs

We are looking for someone who holds an HNC in Social Care and SVQ Level 3, or is currently working towards these qualifications, with experience in a care or education setting. You will have a full manual driving licence to support outings and activities, alongside a calm, compassionate approach and a genuine commitment to helping young people thrive.

Although Cross Reach is a large charity, our services are personal. Your ideas will be listened to, your development supported, and the care you provide will always be tailored to the individual child.

This service operates on a three-week rolling rota. Shifts typically include a mix of early shifts from 7am to 3pm, late shifts from 2pm to 10pm, and weekly sleepover shifts. These may vary depending on the needs of the young people. Additional payment is provided for sleepovers.

If you are ready to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people, apply today and start your journey with Cross Reach.

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that supports others. Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through our rewards scheme and the Blue Light Discount card. We also ensure that your future and that of your loved ones is secured with a generous contributory pension plan and death in service benefit.

Balancing work and family are made easier with our suite of enhanced family friendly policies and your health and wellness are prioritised with access to our health cash plan, giving you cash back for a wide range of health treatments. We even have access to a care concierge service to assist you with life's challenges, providing invaluable support when you need it most.

But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and as well as a contribution to your professional membership fees, we are keen to support you in making the right steps to learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.

Cross Reach has been at the forefront of high quality social care for over 150 years, providing loving care to people of all ages and supporting them to live life to the full whatever their circumstances. During that time, we have worked hard to understand the needs of the people who turn to us for help and with them have been at the forefront of pioneering services which have literally changed thousands of lives for the better.

Today we are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, with experience across a broad range of services. We are still growing, learning and improving, thanks to the incredible people we have the privilege to support, and all those who support us. We are part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christ’s…