Wigan
Part Time
£15,075 - £15,805
Permanent
Expires 05/01/2025
About the Role
Makerfield Way Depot
Makerfield Way
Ince
Wigan
WN2 2PR
22.5 hours per week
Salary: Grade 4, £15,075 - £15,805 per annum. £12.85 - £13.47 per hour
Your role:
Do you have a passion for working with adults who require transport to support their daily lives? If so, this may be the job for you! Passenger Assistants operate a daily split shift and are allocated varying routes using the council's in-house 16-seat minibuses to ensure all service users can access transport when programmed. Alongside a driver, you will collect vulnerable adults from their homes, look after their wellbeing and comfort during the journey, and ensure they arrive at their day support centre or community interest company ready for the day. Some service users have special educational needs, learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s, or dementia. You are a key component in ensuring each vulnerable adult gets to access the essential and positive life-enhancing services that they need.
About you:
Are you reliable, motivated, and dedicated to providing the best possible transport service? A PA must be flexible, dynamic, and able to complete any bus route at short notice to support wider service delivery. The people you transport completely depend on you to access critical support services which massively improve quality of life and provide much-needed respite for family members and carers. You will have an understanding nature and bags of empathy when interacting with our service users. You must have a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and proactive outlook to maximise the bus fleet and get everyone accessing the transport service to their destination every single day. You will be an integral part of a highly significant service which exists to help others in need.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
Adult social care transport is part of the Local Kitchen, Transport & Road Safety (LTRS) service. Passenger Assistants are supported by multiple teams, these include:
* Integrated Transport Unit (ITU).
* Business Support Team.
* Operations Team
ITU liaise with adult social care and review new service user referrals. They plan and develop all transport routes and ensure critical information is communicated effectively. The Business Support team are the central hub and manage day-to-day staff allocation. The Operational team are here for your wellbeing! They organise training, aspects of H&S, deliver staff engagement sessions, support attendance, listen to your needs, and provide advice and guidance where needed. LTRS is dedicated to innovation and continues to advance the service through trust and technology. No matter what the working day brings, we’ve got you covered.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place), or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.
Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion, and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
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Please contact either Anouska Wash (07968 855932) or Maria Hawkins (07968 855930) for further information.
Interview date: To Be Confirmed
This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child and adult barred list check.
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