Driver based at The Willows, Mobberley
Available Hours:
Permanent - Part Time - 18.5 hours per week
About the role
You will be responsible for driving and escorting our residents in a mini-bus from and to our care home, ensuring the safety of all passengers and maintain the vehicle to a high standard at all times. Demonstrating a caring attitude towards the residents of MHA, along with the positive atmosphere based on our values and mutual respect.
About you
It's essential you have competent experience of driving a mini-bus, ideally a clean driver's licence although this is not essential. You will have high attention to detail and organisational skills being responsible for ensuring the vehicle is clean, serviced with accurate record keeping. Being of caring nature, you will have open listening skills, maintaining confidentiality and clear verbal skills to communicate respectfully to our residents and staff.
Why join MHA?
These are just some of the reasons we think MHA is a great place to work:-
* We have a supportive culture, the people at MHA are genuinely warm, friendly and a pleasure to work with.
* High colleague employee engagement scores.
* Highly supportive leadership team.
* Genuine career progression and development.
* Highly competitive pay and benefits.
* A range of flexible benefits including an option to buy or sell additional annual leave.
* Pension scheme.
* Hardship/welfare fund.
* Critical illness cover.
* Colleagues have access to Chaplaincy and Pastoral support.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Independent free counselling and legal advice.
Pension, Holiday entitlement depends on number of hours worked (pro rata basis of a full-time entitlement), Life Assurance, Discount Scheme, free uniform & DBS.
About us
Methodist Homes (MHA) is the largest charity care provider in the U.K. We have more than 75 years' experience of delivering care and support to over 18,500 older people. We understand what it takes to help people live later life well through our Care homes, Retirement schemes and MHA Communities.
At MHA we place great importance on nurturing the mind, body and spirit of those we care for, their families, along with commitment and dedication from our 7,500 employees and 4,000 volunteers regardless of faith, background or belief.
As the largest charity care provider in the UK, we offer some of the highest quality care, accommodation and support services for older people throughout Britain. Our mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life.
About the Home
At The Willows care home in Cheshire, we provide general nursing and nursing dementia care for our 61 residents, in purpose-built, en suite accommodation. It's a modern, bright space, where our passionate team deliver personalised care in a warm, supportive and safe environment.
For more information about the home please click here .
Please note that interviews may take place prior to the advert closing as and when suitable applications are received. If a suitable candidate is appointed the role may close early, therefore please do not hesitate to submit your application.
"Agencies: Please note, MHA do not accept unsolicited CV's from any agencies, regardless of whether they are on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) or not. We only accept CV's from agencies that have been appointed and briefed by MHA's central Talent Acquisition Team."