Part-time Activities Driver

5 months ago

Bassett, United Kingdom Avery Healthcare Full time

**Southampton Manor Care Home,** located in **Southampton** are recruiting for an energetic and friendly **Activities Driver** to join the team and report directly to the Activities Organiser. You will be responsible for providing safe, timely and courteous transportation for residents to and from various activities while providing quality service with a friendly manner.

At Avery Healthcare, our focus is on the provision of award winning care. Our innovative service promotes the maintenance of an individual’s independence and the confidence to enjoy life to the full. This not only involves encouraging residents to continue to enjoy taking part in familiar and meaningful daily activities, but also provides the opportunities to engage in new experiences and inspire individuals to remain as valued contributors to society through continued involvement within the local community.

**Essential Key Duties**:
**Driving**
- Provides transportation services for residents
- Assists residents with any special needs during transportation; such as the following but not limited to, carrying packages, opening doors, assisting residents onto and out of vehicle and to the point of destination required
- Maintains focus on driving at all times; directs tasks and passenger interactions to on-board support staff while vehicle is in motion. No personal mobile phone use allowed at any time
- Demonstrates positive resident relations at all times
- Demonstrates safety, loss prevention and infection control procedures
- Solid knowledge of local area including traffic patterns in order to closely estimate travel times and plans appropriate routes to destinations. Resident safety should be observed and considered at all times
- Reports residents’ change of health, physical or mental, to Assisted Living Coordinator and or Reminiscence Coordinator

**Essential Key Duties**:
**Other**
- Forms part of the activities team, and when not driving should participate in activities program
- Responds in a timely manner to requests and concerns from residents, family members and team members
- Maintains and protects the confidentiality of residents information at all times
- Notifies the Assisted Living Coordinator and or Reminiscence Coordinator of any resident concerns
- Documents and checks the _Maintenance Logs_ and _Daily Log_ for any needs and or requests
- Trains Averys Senior Living team members on driver assistance procedures (Spotting) and safety as needed
- Adheres to Highway Code regulations and Averys Senior Living policies
- Ensures that the risk assessment for the safe operation of Community vehicles is dynamic and current
- Assists AVC with research and planning of outing, and provides required information so monthly activities calendar can be produced

**Your Money - Great Team Players Need Great Rewards**
- **£11.55 per hour**:

- Enhanced pay options
- Holiday pay and holiday-type benefits through employee discount scheme
- Workplace Pension
- Refer a Friend payments
- Free DBS, free uniform
- Paid e-learning and training
- Long service awards and recognition
- Career development with salary increases
- Staff wellbeing strategy

**Your Working Life**
- Flexibility - We can offer a range of shift patterns that best fit around your family. Let us know what hours you are looking for and we will do our best to accommodate you
- A career development pathway and support with qualifications - linked with increases in salary
- Advanced senior carer programme - accredited City and Guilds
- A comprehensive and supportive induction programme to ensure confidence and competence

**Avery #OneFamily Well-being Programme**
- Exclusive employee discounts incl. retail and leisure savings
- Daily staff celebrations
- Staff well-being committees
- Mental health first aiders for staff
- Apprenticeship programme
- Managing Director award and Avery awards

To be successful in this role, it is essential you are at least 21 years old and have a PCV license with a Cat D1. You will pride yourself on your ability to remain calm in emergency situations and provide support and reassurance to both your residents and team members.

You will love building and forming relationships with your residents, providing them with a safe environment and making responsible choices and decisions acting in their best interest.

Our ambition is simple. Together, by demonstrating our caring natures, supporting each other and being proud of what we do, we aim to create smiles every day.

**This Post will Require**

Enhanced DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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