* 22.5 hours per week term time only (38 working weeks)
* Our peak hours 6.00-10am and 2.30-6.30 pm Monday to Friday, other opportunities may be available.
* We also have Relief opportunities available.
We’re working to improve the lives of people in Somerset – and you’ll be a key part of that. Your day-to-day work will involve:
* The transportation of service users in a safe and timely manner.
* Completion of daily paperwork.
* Delivering a friendly and reliable service for our service users.
* Working in conjunction with a driver to provide a safe and reliable service.
We support children from all backgrounds with special educational needs and disabilities to and from home/school, adults with learning disabilities to and from day centres, as well as taking people to social care and a variety of appointments – covering routes to help and enhance lives across Somerset.
We offer ongoing support, training, and guidance to help you be the best you can be. This includes a full induction programme and training in passenger care, disability awareness, moving and handling people and wheelchairs, emergency aid, child protection, and behaviour management to ensure you are fully equipped in your role. It will help if you have:
* The willingness to work as part of a flexible and committed team.
* Patience with a caring nature to support service users on a daily basis.
We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. This means ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.
We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.
We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. We have some fantastic employee benefits available:
* We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
* Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
* Staff discounts in gyms.
* Employee Assistance for times you may need support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
* Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
* A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
* My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits, and more.
We recommend applying as soon as possible. Depending on the level of response, we anticipate conducting interviews ahead of the closing date.
If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.
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