Overview
Location: YeovilContract: Full TimeRole Type: PermanentWorking hours per week: 40Salary: £33,363.20 – £34,923.20 Dependant On Experience And QualificationsClosing Date: Thursday 30 April 2026
Responsibilities
- To ensure that all staff for whom you are responsible are putting policy into practice and are either performing to expected standards or that issues are being actively addressed effectively.
- To ensure that all staff within the team receive supervision and appraisal to the required standard, at the correct time and which is properly recorded.
- To ensure that communication between senior management, other sources and your team, in all directions, is as effective as possible. Communicate in a professional manner, using the required level of confidentiality.
- To have primary responsibility for the effective rostering and deployment of staff, ensuring that staff shortfalls are identified and covered across the house/unit or school within budget, and to monitor and manage staff absence within the team.
- To manage delegated resources efficiently and coordinate staff contributions to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of the establishment through the Development/Improvement Plan.
- To be involved in the recruitment and selection of care staff as required.
What we need from you / Qualifications
The successful candidates will be part of a larger support team line managed by Deputy Heads of Care and the Head of Care. Together, all staff work to promote a person centred and forward-thinking waking day curriculum where formal education is reinforced and supported across all areas of the students lives. Line management experience within a care setting is essential as well as a positive and pro-active approach. Level 3 diploma or equivalent in health and social care (or working towards) is required for this role, with the experience and ability to motivate and manage a small team of night support workers, experience of rota management, supervising, supporting and leading a staff team is essential. Cambian Lufton College provides a full initial induction, ongoing training program will also support you with a bespoke professional development plan as well as additional training opportunities to support your personal development.
We are looking for a passionate and committed individual that wants to help create and be part of an outstanding team known for creating and delivering successful and meaningful opportunities that enable young people to thrive.
The successful candidate will also be paid a £20 waking night allowance (per waking night worked).
About Cambian Lufton College
Cambian Lufton College is a 52-week residential specialist college providing quality care and education for young people between 16 and 25 with a diagnosis of autism. Our students often have complex needs, associated learning difficulties and behaviours of concern. Lufton College is a rural site on the outskirts of Yeovil across 3 sites with over 40 acres, forest area, small farm areas and ample outdoor spaces. The college is focused on improving the quality of education, environment and collaboration between care, education and our clinical team.
Equality & Safeguarding
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and are committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and references checks.
If you want to learn from and work with a highly specialist team that unlocks the potential of young people, please talk to us. Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates as part of safeguarding checks. The search will be limited to assessing suitability to work with children and will be performed by a person not on the appointment panel to avoid unconscious bias, sharing information only if findings are relevant and of concern.
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