Access Assistant

4 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom The Guide Dogs for The Blind Full time

**Reference **:002380

**Publication end date **:22/01/2023

**Employment Details**:
**Contractual hours**:
35

**Salary**:
£18,500.00 - £20,249.99

**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
Scotland, Scotland, Glasgow

**Vacancy details**:
**Directorate**:
Operations - Scotland & Northern Ireland

**Job Title**:
Access Assistant

**Job Level**:
Support Provider

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**External job advert**:
Guide Dogs has a fantastic new job opportunity for an Access Assistant based in the South of Glasgow who has a full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle. Some basic administrative skills are also required.

Working as a driver and admin support you will be driving and supporting a visually impaired Guide Dogs Employee on a day-to-day basis, enabling them to carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.

You will form a close and trusting working relationship with the supported person, and having a person-centred approach, good communication skills and flexibility and understanding are extremely important.

This is a home start / homebased role, the working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

**Diversity**

**Safeguarding**

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

**Essential**
- Computer literate with a good knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages
- Excellent listening and communication skills particularly verbal.
- Proven, demonstratable ability to take a person-centred approach, build trust and work in a close one to one working relationship.
- Functional level of English and Maths to enable fulfilment of role requirements such as notetaking.
- Evidence of dealing with confidential issues sensitively and with total integrity.
- Proven ability to use initiative and able to work effectively under pressure
- Good interpersonal skills are essential as the role will require a close working relationship with the person being supported.
- Effective time management skills.

**Desirable**
- Experience of working within a similar role
- Experience of supporting people with disabilities, in a work or voluntary capacity.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

**How to apply**

**The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.**
**If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.**

Please note that you will have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

**Application Closing Date**:
22/01/2023



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