Night House Manager / Team Leader in Somerset

We are looking for an experienced, positive and enthusiastic Night House Manager that will be able to support their allocated staff teams through a period of positive change. Ensuring a person centred approach and high levels of engagement are delivered within the homes through staff passion and commitment to providing outstanding quality of care. Successful candidates will receive excellent professional development, and the opportunity for ongoing career progression.

The Night Manager role is about leading a team to maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our young people first. To provide appropriate physical and emotional support to young people in residence through the work of a team of care staff within a residential environment. The emphasis is upon effective management of a team, which involves motivating, coaching, managing performance via supervision/appraisal and auditing the quality of care. This role is critical in ensuring that national minimum care standards are exceeded. It may also involve work with students during some waking hours to support social activities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To ensure that all staff for whom you are responsible for are putting policy into practice and are either performing to expected standards or that you are/have been actively addressing the issues 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.
• 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, to monitor and staff absence within the team.
• To manage delegated resources efficiently and co-ordinate 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 do we need from you?

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 programme 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).

Cambian Lufton College is a 52-week residential specialist college providing quality care and education for young people between the ages of 16 and 25 with a diagnosis of autism, of whose difficulties place them on the autistic continuum. Our students often have complex needs, associated learning difficulties and behaviours of concern. Lufton College is within a rural setting on the outskirts of Yeovil spread across 3 sites with over 40 acres, with forest area, small farm areas and ample outdoor spaces. The college is continuing on their journey of improving our provision and the past academic year has been focused on improving the quality of education, our environment and developing the collaboration between care, education and our clinical team input and support.

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 references checks.