Senior residential childcare worker

Finniescroft Farm is a place where young people can feel safe, supported, and ready to take their next steps. Set in a semi-rural spot near Lennoxtown, our home offers the space to settle, grow, and build confidence. Whether it is through learning, new experiences, or being part of the community, we focus on helping every child and young person feel valued and ready for what comes next.

🎯 Looking for a job that actually means something?
At CrossReach, every day brings something new – and every moment has the power to change a life.

💬 What’s the role all about?
You’ll be working directly with children who’ve had a tough start in life – helping them feel safe, supported and ready to take on the world again. From making dinner together to beach walks or even just a good chat, you’ll be that steady, trusted presence they can rely on.

🏡 Where will you be working?
Our children live in small, homely houses and attend our purpose-built school. It's a calm, caring environment with a strong, supportive team around you. Think less ‘institution’, more ‘family home with purpose

🌱 You’ll be doing things like...
✔ Being a key worker for individual children
✔ Helping with routines, relationships and care plans
✔ Creating structure and fun – sometimes in the same hour!
✔ Making memories that really matter

🎓 What you’ll need:
✔ Experience in care
✔ HNC Social Care and SVQ Level 3 - or willing to work towards them
✔ A manual driving licence – adventures await!
✔ A kind heart and calm head

💡 Why CrossReach?
We’re one of Scotland’s biggest social care charities – but we’re all about the personal touch. You’ll be listened to, supported, and encouraged to grow. Your work matters here – and so do you.

💡 When you'll be working
The house works to a 3 week rolling rota basis. Generally, this means that you would be working a mixture of early (2pm-10pm) and late (7am-3pm) shifts as well as weekly sleepover shifts, although these can change lightly depending on the needs of the young people at the time. And just so you know, you will receive additional payment for any sleepovers.

📣 Ready to find out more?
We’d love to hear from you. Come and be part of something meaningful.

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support 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.

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 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 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. This is an Occupational Requirement under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. 

This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necessary vetting checks. You will also be required to be registered with SSSC and it is your professional responsibility to ensure that you meet the standards and criteria for registration.

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. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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