Residential Care Practitioner – Build Trust & Skills in Stirling

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.

As a Support Practitioner within our Children & Family Services, you will play a key role in supporting children and young people to feel safe, build trust and achieve positive outcomes. This is a hands-on role where you will support young people in a residential setting. Some days will be rewarding and full of progress. Others will be more challenging. What matters is your ability to stay consistent, calm and focused on building relationships.

What Your Day Could Look Like

• Building positive, trusting relationships with children and young people
• Supporting daily routines, activities and life skills
• Responding to emotional and behavioural needs
• Contributing to care and education plans
• Working with families and external partners
• Maintaining clear and accurate records

About You

You will have experience working with children, young people or vulnerable individuals, or be able to demonstrate relevant transferable skills, and understand the importance of building relationships based on trust and consistency. You will be able to stay calm under pressure, respond to challenging behaviour and maintain clear boundaries. You will be willing to learn, reflect on your practice and work as part of a team. You will hold, or be willing to work towards, an HNC in Social Care and SVQ Level 3 and must hold a full manual driving licence. This post is subject to PVG Scheme membership and SSSC registration requirements.

What You’ll Gain

• Ongoing training and development
• Support with SSSC registration
• A role where you can make a real difference every day

If you are resilient, committed and want to support children and young people to achieve positive outcomes, apply now.

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.

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.

Workplace and Role Accessibility Supplements - This guide outlines the physical, environmental, and location based aspects of the role to help you understand how the work is carried out and whether it’s right for you. It may also help you identify any adjustments or support that would enable you to do your best work. We welcome conversations about what you personally need to work within our services, and we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to support you where possible.

If you have any queries regarding this role or our recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment team.

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.