Residential Childcare Worker (Support Practitioner)

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Job Description Millmuir Farm House is tucked away on the edge of the village of Gargunnock, near Stirling, offering a safe and nurturing home for two young people. With cosy bedrooms and welcoming spaces, it is a peaceful place where children and young people can settle, grow, and feel supported. Our focus is on building confidence, developing life skills, and preparing young people for their next steps, all within a therapeutic and homely environment.
At CrossReach, everyday moments like playing a game, cooking a meal or walking on the beach help build trust and change young lives. The children in our care have faced real challenges your role is to help them feel safe, supported and ready for the future.

You’ll work in one of our small, community-based houses alongside a great team, with children attending our new purpose-built school nearby.
Help children with daily routines and activities
Support care plans and work closely with Lead Practitioners
An HNC in Social Care and SVQ Level 3 (or is willing to work towards them)
Experience in care or education
A full manual driving licence there’ll be outings!
A calm, compassionate approach and a genuine desire to help
Even though we’re a large charity, people matter here your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and the children receive care that’s personal, not one-size-fits-all.
The house works to a 3 week rolling rota basis. Generally, this means that you would be working a mixture of early (7am-3pm)and late (2pm-10pm) shifts as well as weekly sleepover shifts, although these can change slightly depending on the needs of the young people at the time. 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.

CrossReach 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 part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christ’s name to further the caring work of the Church to people in challenging circumstances.

As we do our work in Christ’s name the job you have applied for requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos. We have a legal obligation to ensure that we do not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. Posts close at midnight on the indicated date.
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Location:
Doune, Stirling
Job Type:
FullTime

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