Driver Attendant

Grade: C scp 4 £17,527 to scp 6 £18,065, £13.05ph
Contract: Permanent and Casual available
Essential Requirement: Full UK Driving Licence

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The Role
Vacancies have arisen for Driver/Attendants to work for Bolton Council’s Integrated Transport Unit, to drive 16 seater minibuses to and from schools and Day centres transporting vulnerable children and adults.
The post is both challenging and rewarding to the right candidate.

The posts available including Part-time contracted 25.72 hrs (Pro Rota).
Also Term-time and Casual post
Applicants must hold a D1 licence.

Core hours 07.30 10.30 and 14.45 17.15 Mon-Fri

About You
Able to work with both children and adults who have various needs with dignity and respect, and be able to communicate with parents, carers and school staff in a friendly and understanding manner.
We ask that you be flexible and motivated and able to follow instructions and deal with emergencies in a calm manner.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk