Driver / Passenger Attendant

The main duties are to drive a company minibus and assist in the safe conveyance of service users to/from SEN schools, and Adult and Learning Disability Day Services, for various activities and respite care needs. This will require helping service users, leaving their homes, boarding the vehicle, alighting from the vehicle and making their way to the appropriate service in a safe and dignified manner.

You will be required to work co-operatively with the vehicle driver and any other staff involved to ensure that passenger movements and journeys are completed safely and effectively to accomplish the desired outcome.

To maintain our high standards of customer care, accuracy, safety and effectiveness in all work tasks and a mature disciplined approach to our duties.

Although no formal qualifications are required for this post requires you to hold a full driving licence with a D, D1 or D1 101.You should have a good standard of general education andthe ability to communicate andshareinformation.The ability to deal with challenging situations and be comfortable around people with learning and physical disabilities. Successful candidates will undertake disability awareness and safeguarding training., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Here at Fleet Services, we pride ourselves on ourcommitmentto safeguarding, conveying vulnerable people with dignity and respect, using fully trained staff in specialised passenger vehicles in accordance with service requirements.

It really is true that every single job role here contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our county - we want to do this for our employees too.We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours and the use of technology tosupportagile working.We offer some of the very best learning and development opportunities tosupportyour ongoing development.

You will have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 19.9% of your salary; a range of local and national retail discounts; and a host of enhanced family-friendly policies including carers leave and paid time off for volunteering.

Ourcommitmentto:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce.Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peersupport, education and safe spaces for all., We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, part time working, jobsharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.

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