Childrens SEN Driver

11 months contract with a Local Authority in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside

Job Summary:

SEN Transport require 10 drivers to transport students with special educational needs and/or disabilities to and from school within the Liverpool area.

The drivers will be required to work 24.5 hours per week working of a morning and afternoon transporting children & young people to their educational settings of a morning from home to school and return journey of an afternoon from school to home.

The morning shift will start approximately 8am until all children have been transported to school.

The afternoon shift will start approximately 2.30pm until the children are transported home. The driver will be responsible for completing vehicle checks at the beginning and end of shifts.

Key Duties/Accountabilities:

Working on a part time basis on split shift during peak periods of the day to work under the general direction and supervision of transport and other authorised officers

To undertake the driving of any vehicle (within their class of licence) attached to the department and to carry out all duties connected therewith in an efficient economical and orderly manner. Also the safe transportation of fellow employees and any other authorised personal.

To be responsible for assisting service users from their home to the vehicle; securing them safely during the journey and assisting them from the vehicle at their destination. Also to be responsible for ensuring the safe return of service users to their home address.

To ensure Risk Assessment control measures identified on the route runsheets are implemented and adhered to.

To be always sympathetic and courteous to service users carried in the vehicle and to treat their relatives with who contact is made in a similar manner.

To be responsible for the cleanliness of the inside and outside of the vehicles attached to the section.

To be responsible for the Vehicle Daily Checks (including walkaround checks) fuelling and oiling of vehicles and servicing the vehicle with air water.

To receive servicebased training as required to ensure safe and compliant transport of passengers. To adhere to the guidance set out in the Passenger Transport Service handbook.

To complete daily run sheets fully and any other documentation associated with the operation of the SEN Service.

To report promptly on the form provide any incident whatsoever in which a vehicle of the Transport Section is involved in irrespective of whether a third party is concerned. Also any accidents to service users or staff while in the care of the department must be reported in the same way.

Essential Qualifications Required:

We require the drivers to hold a full UK manual driving licence.

Additional information to note:

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS & barred list check (Child).

Training will be provided on the Local Authorities transport procedures and policies.

The closing date for this position is Friday 26/07/2024.