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Are you looking for an exciting new role? A flexible role within an amazing organisation? A role where you can positively impact people on a daily basis?

The incredible team at Cambian Lufton College are looking for enthusiastic and caring Bank Youth Support Workers to join the team!

Who are we?

Lufton College is a day and residential college based in Yeovil. We have a proud and successful tradition of supporting young people who have autism with additional learning needs and associated complex behaviours between the ages of 16 and 25. We support our students to gain valuable life skills, qualifications and confidence to support their onward journey towards independence.

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.

About the role:

You will be working in an exquisite environment, supporting young people with community activities like horse riding, swimming, cinema, pantomimes, beach visits etc. which will enrich our young people’s wellbeing and community access.

You will be supporting the young people with placement assistance and enrichment to ensure they have a wealth of opportunities for the future. Personal care will also be required within this role. This is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively across Care, Education and Therapeutic Services with trained, qualified professionals from our multidisciplinary team.

The young people that we educate and care for at Lufton College come to us with a huge variety of needs and abilities. Our challenge is to help build the hope, confidence, knowledge and skills to unlock their potential. From innovative educational experiences to national curriculum programmes, supported by passionate teams of specialists and key workers, we actively enable each young person to achieve their personal best, all in an environment that best suits them.

We are looking for support workers that are:

Positive and consistent role models
Caring and compassionate
Passionate about improving the lives of others
Innovative, engaging, enthusiastic and inspirational
A calm, understanding, good listener with a mature, supportive approach.
An excellent communicator and team player who can also use their own initiative.
Seeking career development and training.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 hit the apply button!

The Cambian Group

We are one of the largest providers of specialist education and behavioural health services for children and adults in the UK. We provide a broad range of services across England including specialist education schools and colleges for residential and day students, residential care homes and a therapeutic fostering service.

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.

Cambian will conduct online searches for all shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check and the search will be purely 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 when relevant and of concern