Welcome to the Men Can Care website. Here you can find out about a project designed to help men pursue a career in child and youth care - a demanding, but rewarding career option. It does not just mean working with young children, but with young people up to the age of 18. Professional child care used to be regarded as "women's work", and was poorly paid. There has been a real shortage of male residential care workers across Scotland and this project was able to address this by providing access to a career in child and youth care for 51 men who had not previouisly considered or been able to access this as a career option. The project ran from December 2004 until January 2007.

Please click on the buttons above and find out about the project.

To meet some of the men and women who have chosen a career in child and youth care and are doing the job at present, please click on profiles, and give us your feedback. Most importantly, decide if you are ready and able to make a real difference to the life of a child.