A campaign has been launched to persuade more men in Scotland to work in youth and child care.
The Men Care Too project aims to tackle the myth that caring for children is a job for women and to combat the shortage of males working in that sector. The project is being run by Kibble Education and Care Centre, Paisley, which is offering men the chance to train and gain work experience in youth and child care.
One man backing the campaign and already working at Kibble is Alan Mitchell, who was sent there as a teenager for what he describes as being a "right tearaway". Mr Mitchell, 36, was expelled from two secondary schools in Paisley – Castlehead High and Stanely Green – for constantly playing truant and getting into trouble. So he was sent to Kibble List D School for a year.
That was more than 20 years ago and now he is back there, this time as a music and computer instructor. Mr Mitchell, of Paisley, said: "You can take it from me, it's a job for a man. These boys need a positive male role model."
Patricia Walls, Men Care Too project leader, said: "Women make up 81% of the Scottish social care workforce. We need more men to redress that gender imbalance"
27 May 2008
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