Minibus and Car Drivers

4 weeks ago

East Grinstead, United Kingdom WSCC Full time

**About Us**
Would you like to join a local authority committed to improving residents’ quality of life?

West Sussex County Council (WSCC) operate a range of home to school and adults services transport routes across the County.

As part of our team, you will enable vulnerable people to achieve the best possible personal outcomes. You will do this by providing a reliable and consistent, safe transport service.

We're looking for people with an outward looking, caring and professional approach. The ideal person will naturally go above and beyond; acknowledging that our passengers value a friendly face and someone who is thoughtful and considerate.

Sound like an opportunity you would be interested in, Read more.

**About The Job**
We are looking for Minibus and Car Drivers to join our School Transport team based across the county.

**Salary Range**:£10.79 to £10.98 per hour.

**Work Location**: Your base location is Hopoast Depot (near Horsham) however, the work will be carried out across multiple locations surrounding.

**Hours per week**:15 - 30 hours per week (Split Shift: 7am -10am / 2pm - 5pm).

As a School Minibus/Car Driver, you will provide an efficient driving service to children and young adult passengers. You will follow instructions in accordance with specified schedules to ensure West Sussex meets its commitments to customers.

You will undertake driving duties of an allocated vehicle of 4 - 16 seats to and from a variety of locations, using a high level of professionalism in a safe and appropriate way. You will communicate effectively with passengers, build trusting relationships and drive considerately in accordance with the Highway Code regulations.

This is a rewarding role, giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience in many areas in a lively customer facing environment. You will also undertake the following courses:

- Disability Awareness & Epilepsy Awareness.
- First Aid.
- Wheelchair tie down procedures.
- Challenging Behaviour as required.

**Experience and Skills** Key Skills**:

- Very good communication skills, in order to communicate effectively with adults and children with special needs, their carers, family members and teachers.
- High levels of patience and sensitivity, able to deal effectively with adults and children with either medical or behavioural needs, calmly and with care for their wellbeing.
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
- Able to understand and communicate in basic non-verbal signals -such as an adult unable to speak pointing to something they want.
- A basic understanding of Makaton in order to communicate with those passengers with learning difficulties.

**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- Previous experience working with, or caring for, children or adults, in some capacity, including voluntary work, paid work or through family commitments.
- Knowledge of how to operate and secure items such as booster seats, wheel chairs and similar devices.
- Basic first aid training.

**Rewards and Benefits**
Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. We care hugely about wellbeing, allowing time for a good laugh, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.
- A competitive pay.
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
- A range of discounts (Including Samsung, Argos, Wickes, TUI, Deliveroo and Asos).
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
- A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee, go to our **Rewards and Benefits**page.

**Further Information**
The reference number for this role is **EIE01140 **.

Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you

For resourcing reference only

Job Reference: EIE01140

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