School Driver

**Part Time Driver For SEN School Transport**

**Rate of pay: £10.42 per hour, plus holiday pay pro rata.**

**Start date: Following successful completion of training and a DBS check (usually 4 weeks). Please note; Training and DBS is paid for by Amvale.**

**About Us**

Amvale are a North Lincolnshire based company established for over twenty five years. Our primary purpose is safely transporting special needs children to and from school on a daily basis, using our diverse fleet of modern vehicles, on behalf of local education authorities and educational establishments.

**Job Purpose and Overview**

The role of a driver is to transport and assist children with special educational needs to and from school safely.

A driver in this position will normally be working split shifts eg. morning and afternoon, timetabled around school start and finish times.

We guarantee of **minimum of 16 hours per week of work**, on a regular school contract.

Amvale will provide the vehicle for you to be home based driver, however we do have private parking in certain areas.

We require a full UK driving license for this position, accepting up to 3 penalty points.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- To be responsible for the care and conduct of children being transported to/from school, ensuring they are at all times properly and safely supervised.
- To assist children in boarding vehicles, disembarking only where appropriate and where required.
- To ensure all passengers are safely seated.
- To ensure the proper handover of children upon arrival at their destination, where appropriate and required.
- To report any problems, incidents or usual occurrences at the first opportunity.
- To ensure that personal property in possession of the children is both safely secured and transported with the individual when necessary.
- To maintain an accurate register of passengers being transported, confidentially managing information such as names, telephone numbers and addresses together with a record of attendance.
- To accurately observe the timetables implemented by Amvale to ensure the punctual transportation of your passengers.
- To be confident working with a variety of mobility equipment including walking aids and wheelchairs
- To be able to work with children who may present challenging behaviour.
- To promptly communicate any accidents, vehicle damage or offenses under the Road Traffic Acts to the Transport Manager.
- To carry out assessments of your vehicle, reporting any faults to the Transport Manager.
- To oversee adequate vehicle maintenance and hygiene.
- If provided, to work in conjunction with a passenger assistant to create a safe and effective service.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 16 per week

**Salary**: £7.82-£14.57 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Employee discount
- Language training provided
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

**Experience**:

- Driving: 1 year (required)

Work Location: On the road