Driver Attendant

Driver Attendant

Integrated Transport Unit

Various Hours

Grade C scp 4 £11.9806 to scp 6 £12.3844 per hour

Various Contract Types

The Role

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Job Description

Are you looking for a rewarding role that gives you the chance to make a real difference to peoples’ lives?

Vacancies have arisen for Driver/Attendants to work for Bolton Council’s Integrated Transport Unit, to drive 16-seater minibuses to and from schools and Day centres transporting vulnerable children and adults.

The role involves helping the most vulnerable people in our community to get where they need to be each day. Whether they are children with special educational needs or disabilities going to school or adults getting to see their friends at a day centre.

The are various post available including Part-time contracted, term-time and Casual posts.

Applicants must hold a D1 licence.

Core hours 07.30 – 10.30 and 14.45 – 17.30 Mon-Fri

About You

You will be able to work with both children and adults who have various needs with dignity and respect and be able to communicate with parents/carers in a friendly and understanding manner. You will be flexible and motivated and able to follow instructions and deal with emergencies in a calm manner.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.

£20,000

permanent

flexible