Van Helper

**We are recruiting Van Helpers at Caerphilly County Borough Council.**

**Working hours**: 3.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday between the hours of 10.45am to 2.15pm.
**Contract Type**:Casual/Relief
**Location**: Various locations in the borough

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Catering Team..

**We pay an attractive salary of £12 Per Hour, Real Living wage and offer access to training and development opportunities.**

Would you like to be part of our awarding winning catering team, that promotes a warm atmosphere where people are respected as individuals and can make a real difference to people’s lives?

Caerphilly County Borough Council have an opportunity of Van Helper within The Meals Direct Service based at Ty Penallta, Ystrad Mynach.

The Council’s Meals Direct service is a lifeline to many older people across the Borough, delivering hot meals to the door. For some people, the daily visit by friendly delivery staff is often their only contact with the outside world.

As a Van Helper you will assist the Van Driver in delivering meals plus any required support functions to the client. However, you may also be required to cover the Driver’s role on occasion and to work alone depending on the needs of this crucial service. Therefore, you will need a current, full driving licence in order to drive one of our vehicles.

For the role, we ask that you have:

- Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence to drive a Council vehicle to provide Van Driver cover.
- Required to complete CCBC Manual Handling, Customer Care training and Protection of Vulnerable Adults.
- Knowledge of the County Borough and the services provided by Catering Services

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

Pay: £12.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: REQ0009439