Your main job is to ensure the health and safety of our passengers. This includes understanding potential hazards and following strict safety policies. You'll need to be active and able to assist passengers, including those in wheelchairs. This might involve running to ensure a passenger's safety, bending, stretching, lifting, and securing wheelchairs inside the vehicle. You'll be trained in emergency first aid to handle any situation calmly and effectively. Your role is crucial in safeguarding our passengers from harm. We'll provide all the training you need to do this confidently. play a key role in the daily lives of those who rely on us for their transportation needs as an accredited training centre, we offer full induction training to equip you with the necessary tools and knowledge be part of a dedicated team committed to providing high-quality service and making a positive impact in the community About you: you are compassionate with a commitment to safety and care physical ability to assist our passengers a readiness to learn and grow with us This is a part-time role offering 25 hours per week. The shift pattern is over a split shift, with 2.5 hours in the morning and 2.5 hours in the afternoon. Transporting children and adults to and from school or a day centre. You will need D1 101 on your licence. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Adrian Hunt or Nigel Dewland (Dorset Travel Supervisor) at [email protected]. Further Information This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. See our policy on safeguarding children and young people About Us We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents have ambitious aspirations are excited about our future care about Dorset and all the people who live here know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to a range of employee benefits be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn. role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant. Find out more about how to apply .