Volunteer Driver

4 weeks ago

Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom Forward Trust Full time

Volunteer Driver Role Overview

We are seeking motivated individuals to support our client group on their journey to recovery.

The SHARP programme is a community-based rehabilitation service for individuals with alcohol or drug addictions. Clients attend the service on a daily basis for abstinence-based, interpersonal group therapy.

As a volunteer driver, you will use your own vehicle to transport clients to and from the SHARP programme and their home address. The routes will be agreed with the administrator to ensure the most effective cost saving for the service.

You will have the flexibility to choose when to work and how often to undertake journeys to suit your personal situation.

The service will refund the car mileage for journeys that begin and end at your home address, at a rate of 45p per mile.

Key Responsibilities

  • Arriving to collect and return clients in a timely fashion to ensure punctuality to the programme;
  • Driving carefully and within the highway code to ensure safety of self, clients and other road users;
  • Ensuring the vehicle used meets all relevant legal and safety standards and is properly insured for the carriage of passengers in a business context;

Benefits

You will be providing important help and support for vulnerable people, and helping them on their journey to recovery. You will also have the opportunity to give back to the community and potentially progress into full or part-time paid employment.

A full induction into the team will be provided, including placement-specific policies and procedures. The following training will be provided:

  • Organisational Awareness;
  • Data Protection & GDPR;
  • Health and Safety;
  • Equality & Diversity;
  • Health & Wellbeing;
  • Safeguarding;

Requirements

  • A clean, relevant driving licence;
  • An awareness of health & safety issues and how to respond to any concerns during a trip;
  • Knowledge of local roads and geography to minimise journey times;
  • Ability to work on both own initiative and as part of a team;
  • Reliable and flexible;
  • Good communication skills;
  • An ability to maintain confidentiality;
  • Able to understand and maintain professional boundaries.

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