Carer Driver (Ty Cwm Gwendraeth)

Ivolve Group; Llanelli; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join Ivolve Group as a Carer/Driver in Llanelli, where you'll be responsible for transporting and supporting individuals with various needs. This full-time role offers a supportive work environment, comprehensive training, and a focus on creating positive experiences. Embrace your role in helping our community flourish while benefiting from extensive employee support and rewards.

Benefits

5.6 weeks annual leave

Flexible working hours

Specialist skills training, apprenticeships

Cash prize lotto

Discounts on high street, gym memberships

Employee Assistance programme

Qualifications

• A UK Manual Driving License is essential.
• Soft skills: empathy, kindness, resilience, and creativity are highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Transporting individuals with mental health and physical needs.
• Providing support and caring responsibilities.
• Ensuring the minibus meets required standards.

Skills

Empathy

Kindness

Resilience

Creativity

Education

UK Manual Driving License

Job description

Your new role at Ivolve is calling you!

Vacancy Location: TyCwm GwendraethLlannon Road, Upper Tumble, Llanelli SA14 6BU

Shifts:Full-time 37.5hrs

Pay Rate:£12.21 - £12.60 per hour

**A UK Manual Driving License is essential for this role!*

About You

Our approach is about creative thinking in co-production for the people we care for. We work with each individual to design and plan what we do – so we can create the best experiences together. It might be daily trips in the community or food outings, shopping or even a coffee.You make people feel good, being there for them when life gets tough, and you do it with a smile on your face. Being passionate, kind, and resilient is. These are our values and they’re at the heart of the way we do things. If you’re creative and passionate and like to get stuck in with activities. You love variety. And you’re also patient and resilient, showing lots of empathy and kindness, then you should join our team

Who We Are

We’re here to support people to flourish in a place they call home. We’re one of the largest providers of adult social care with over 4,000 colleagues supporting 1,300 people. Our approach is all about activities and co-production with the people we support. We work with them to design and plan what we do – so we can create the best experiences together.We're very proud to be recognised as one of the best organisations to work in by‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 & 2025’.

And we’re on a mission to benefit even more people with our uncompromising quality of care and support. It’s the professional expertise and passion of our team that makes us different. We genuinely care and we love supporting people to set and then reach their goals. Because every person deserves the very best experience – every day.

Your new role at is calling you!

We would like to invite you to join our amazing team of professionals working in Llanelli. As a carer driver you will be in charge of transporting people we support with mental health and physical needs on trips out to various points of interest and appointments, ensuring the minibus meets required standards and also providing support and caring responsibilities. It is secure work and you will get full training.

Why choose us

We are here to support people who live with us, people choose us because of the experiences we create. We build and nourish relationships with the people we care for and support, their families and friends and health and social care professionals. We take pride and pleasure in helping others, provide high-quality services.

To always perform out duties in the best interests of the People we Support with due regard to respect, dignity and within best practice guidelines.As a Carer/Driver you will provide support and transport for People we Support with mental health and physical needs. You will also assist with everything from ensuring the minibus meets required standards to accompanying our Service Users on trips out to various points of interest and appointments.

How we support you

• We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 5.6 weeks annual leave, flexible working hours and pension.
• You can work part-time, or full-time with flexible options.
• A learning journey that grows with you to reach Care worker standards.
• Specialist skills training, apprenticeships, and nationally recognised qualifications.
• Recognition with cash prize lotto, scratch cards and Heroes.
• Discounts include supermarkets, flash sales and more
• Salary Finance for lower-cost loans and to save for special occasions
• 45p per mile if you need to travel
• Free confidential Employee Assistance programme

Industry-leading recognition

• Colleague Lotto – Giving everyone the opportunity to win great cash prizes.
• Additional Day’s Leave for your Birthday
• Prize winning scratch cards - aligned with values in action!
• We recognise our colleagues who go above and beyond – our ‘Heroes’ are nominated by colleagues for quarterly and annual awards.
• Loyalty Scheme recognising colleagues at work anniversaries.

Financial wellbeing

• Discounts include high street, supermarkets, flash sales, gym memberships and more.
• Blue Light discount programme – funded by us.
• Salary Finance scheme for lower cost loans and to save for special occasions or rainy days.
• Government mileage rates if you need to travel

Emotional wellbeing

• Free confidential Employee Assistance programme with qualified counsellors
• Free wellbeing App
• Practical advice covering things like consumer rights, anxiety, childcare and more

Social wellbeing

• Award-winning App for news and info
• Internal social media & Team Communities

What is next?

Want to find out how your life and the lives of others can flourish? Click apply, attach your CV and we will be in touch to arrange an interview.