Company

Dorset CouncilSee more

addressAddressCOUNTY HALL
type Form of work- Permanent
salary Salary£11.59 an hour
CategoryLogistics & Warehouse

Job description

About The Role

Dorset Travel coordinate the transport provision for children and young people with additional needs within Dorset as well as out of county. The Team also supply and support transport need for Mainstream, Child Care as well as Adults.
The vacancy is for a Regular Passenger Assistant living in the Ferndown Area contracted at approximately 10 hours per week )please note the hours could increase once Passenger Assistant has been recruited). You must be available AM and PM to meet the school bell times. The Contract is Term Time Only commencing at £11.59 per hour.
Candidates need to be available morning and afternoon to coincide with school opening and closing times with all Leave to be taken in the school holidays.
Dorset Travel is looking for caring, flexible and responsible Passenger Assistant with an understanding of young people with addition needs.
  • Knowledge of moderate and complex learning needs.
  • Understanding of safeguarding children,
  • Recognition of hazards and how to report.
You must be physically fit with the ability to run, bend, stretch, pull, push, lift, carry and kneel to provide the care required for the position of Passenger Assistant.
Dorset Travel is also an accredited training centre with experienced and qualified trainers, new staff will be invited onto a full 3 x day induction training course, providing the tools and knowledge to enable you to work safely and professionally:
  • Safeguarding
  • Manual Handling
  • Emergency First Aid
  • Customer Care

Further Information

An Enhanced DBS Check (Child and Adult Workforce) is required and will be undertaken as part of the recruitment process.
If you would like further information regarding the rewarding role as a Passenger Assistant please contact:
Ad Sheppard (Miss) - Compliance Officer 01305 229591/07776 132636
This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders.

We base the pro-rata salary on:

  • the number of hours
  • the number of weeks worked
  • paid annual leave entitlement for an employee under 5 years’ service

In the first year of service this salary may need to be adjusted to ensure you are paid accurately to reflect your holiday entitlement. A similar adjustment may be made at the point your employment ends to ensure that you are paid accurately for the number of days worked in any academic year.

About Us

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

  • provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
  • have ambitious aspirations
  • are excited about our future
  • care about Dorset and all the people who live here
  • know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

    You will:

  • have access to a range of employee benefits
  • be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
  • have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

Find out more about how to apply.

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