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Location: Yeovil, Somerset

Contract: Full Time

Role Type: Permanent

Working hours per week: 40

Salary: Up To £37,283 Dependant On Experience And Qualifications

Closing Date: Monday 29 December 2025

Lufton College

Cambian Lufton College is a specialist residential education provider for 16 to 25 year olds with ASD, learning disabilities and complex behavioural and emotional needs. The college provides a 2-3 year pathway to prepare our students for adulthood, equipping them with the skills and qualities required to lead a fulfilled, independent and ambitious life.

Summary Of The Job: The Deputy Head of Care will support the Registered Managers and Head of Care in delivering high quality, person centred support across Cambian Lufton College. This role ensures the safety, wellbeing and development of students whilst leading, motivating and supervising staff to maintain excellent standards of practice. The Deputy Head of Care will act as a senior point of contact in the absence of the Registered Managers, ensuring the service continues to be managed effectively on a day-to-day basis in their absence. They will promote a culture of professionalism, safeguarding and continuous improvement. This will include demonstrating flexibility in your working hours to ensure that the service remains safe.

• Support the Registered Managers in ensuring Cambian Lufton College meets all regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Ensure the highest quality of service is provided for our students through their person-centred Support plans and that students are encouraged and supported to achieve and exceed their full potential.
• Provide strong, positive leadership to the care team, acting as a role model at all times.
• Lead team meetings and training sessions where required. Offer coaching and mentoring support to staff where required.
• Support the Registered Manager and Head of Care with the completion of audits, quality assurance processes and service development plans.
• Contribute to recruitment, onboarding and performance management of staff.

• NVQ Level 3 in a Health and Social Care setting – Essential
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and IT Systems
• Basic First Aid knowledge – Essential
• 3 years prior experience working within a learning disability complex care environment.
• Current car driving licence – desirable.

We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer and we 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 reference checks.

If you want to learn from and work with a highly specialist, incredibly proud and integrated team that unlocks the potential of young people, then please talk to us.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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