Looking for a role where you can make a real and lasting difference in a child’s life? As a full-time Children’s Residential Worker, you’ll play a key role in creating a safe, supportive and nurturing home environment for children and young people in our care.
You’ll be based primarily at Rockwood, but will also support at Mount Pleasant, our other residential home in North Ayrshire. Don’t worry – travel time and mileage between the houses is covered, so you’ll be supported to move between homes when needed.
What the role involves:
✨ Helping young people feel safe, supported and valued – even on their trickiest days.
✨ Creating a home-from-home where children can laugh, grow, and thrive.
✨ Planning and taking part in everyday routines and joyful activities – from baking cakes to kicking a ball about.
✨ Building trusted relationships, offering guidance, and being someone they can truly rely on.
✨ Bringing energy and warmth – because being able to play, engage and have fun is just as important as anything else.
We’re looking for someone who:
💖 Is caring, dependable, and calm under pressure.
🧩 Can adapt to the needs of the day and meet children where they are.
👂 Is a great listener with a compassionate heart.
📚 Has experience working with children or young people – or is keen to learn with full training provided.
🚗 Holds a full manual driving licence – travel is required and part of the role.
What you’ll get in return:
🌈 A truly rewarding role with variety, meaning, and a real sense of purpose.
💼 Excellent training and development opportunities – we’ll support you every step of the way.
🎉 A friendly, welcoming team who work closely together across both houses.
🛣️ Paid travel time and mileage between Rockwood and Mount Pleasant when supporting across both locations.
Your working pattern:
This is a full-time role following a rolling rota of early (7am–3pm), late (2pm–10pm), and sleepover shifts. You’ll usually work one sleepover per week (11pm–7am), and flexibility to work across both homes will be essential.
Ready to take the next step in your care career?
Apply now and join our dedicated team supporting children and young people in North Ayrshire. Because every child deserves someone who believes in them – and that someone could be you.
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 you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it.
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.
We are committed to ensuring that we attract, retain, and develop the very best people to build a diverse and talented team and we recognise that every individual’s unique background, experience and ability contributes to our success. We aim to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected and where people can belong, thrive and be their very best, whoever they are.