Passenger Assistant

**Job details**:
**Salary range**: £21,189 - £21,575 pro-rata, per annum

**Work location**: Fleet Services, Abingdon Depot, Abingdon

**Hours per week**:25

**Contract type**: Permanent (Term-Time only)

**Closing date**: Monday 21st August 2023

**Interview date**:To be confirmed

**Enabling people to escape isolation, by providing transport for their journey into life**

**About us**:
Here at Fleet Services, we pride ourselves on the conveying of vulnerable people using fully trained staff in specialised passenger vehicles in accordance with service requirements.

**About the role**:
The main duties are to assist in the safe conveyance of service users to/from SEN schools, and Adult and Learning Disability Day Services, for various activities and respite care needs. This will require helping service users, leaving their home, boarding the vehicle, alighting from the vehicle and making their way to the appropriate service in a safe and dignified manner.

You will be required to work co-operatively with the vehicle driver and any other staff involved to ensure that passenger movements and journeys are completed safely and effectively to accomplish the desired outcome.

To maintain our high standards of customer care, accuracy, safety and effectiveness in all work tasks and a mature disciplined approach to the duties.

**About you**:
Although no formal qualifications are required for this post you should have a good standard of general education and the ability to communicate and share information. The ability to deal with challenging situations and be comfortable around people with learning and physical disabilities.

**Rewards and benefits**:

- Culture of flexible working
- Technology to support agile working where role permits
- Up to 31 day’s holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
- Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
- Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
- Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
- Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development

**Would you like to know more?**:
**Please click here to view the Job Description and Selection Criteria**

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact contact Nigel Smith Depot Manager on Depot 01235 559997 and 07741 607675.

**Application Procedure**:
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