Job Category : Driving
Location : Newton Road Depot, Liverpool, L13 3HS, Liverpool City Council
Hours Per Week : 22:00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £10.58
Liverpool City Council is recruiting 10 part time SEN drivers to drive vehicles in a safe and considerable manner and ensure the safety of all passengers both inside and outside the vehicle.
The main responsibilities of the role will be:
1. 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. The working hours will be based on the school or resource base opening and closing times.
2. The role is to collect and be responsible for vulnerable pupils or adults attending schools or other resource bases. Some routes may include collection of a Passenger Assistant before the first pupil
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. To follow the most appropriate or economical route based on advice from supervisors.
6. To ensure Risk Assessment control measures identified on the route run-sheets are implemented and adhered to.
7. 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.
8. To be responsible for the cleanliness of the inside and outside of the vehicles attached to the section.
9. To be responsible for the Vehicle Daily Checks (including walk-around checks), fuelling, and oiling of vehicles and servicing the vehicle with air, water.
10. To receive service-based training as required to ensure safe and compliant transport of passengers. To adhere to the guidance set out in the Transport Service handbook.
11. To complete daily run sheets fully and any other documentation associated with the operation of the Transport Service.
12. To report promptly on the form provided any incident whatsoever in which a vehicle of the Transport Section is involved in, irrespective of whether or not 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.
13. To be responsible for wearing a uniform if provided, also protective clothing in a clean and tidy condition at all times when on duty.
14. To receive instructions and supervision from schools or other authorised while on their premises.
15. To carry out any other driving duties within the scope of licence entitlement during quiet operating periods.
16. To develop the City Council’s commitment to equal opportunities and to promote nondiscriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
17. It must be understood that every employee has a responsibility to ensure that their work complies with all statutory requirements and with Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the City Council and ensure that all work functions are undertaken accordance with health and safety legislation, codes of practice, and the City Council’s safety plan.
18. This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive, it is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility at the time of writing.
19. Develop the City Council’s commitment to equal opportunities and to promote nondiscriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken