Driver/Attendant

Merton Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Merton Council is recruiting Driver/Attendants for its in-house Passenger Transport team. The role involves driving large minibuses to transport children with special educational needs and disabilities, and vulnerable adults, to schools and activities in Merton and surrounding areas.

Part-time, 20 hours per week, term-time only, Monday to Friday with a split day to align with school times. An enhanced DBS is required, and candidates must hold a category D or D1 driving licence; training may be

Qualifications

• Must hold category D or D1 driving licence.
• Enhanced DBS certificate required.
• Part time 20 hours per week, term time only.

Responsibilities

• Drive large minibuses around Merton and the wider South London area.
• Transport children with special educational needs and disabilities and vulnerable adults from home to schools, community centres and activities.
• Work with a Passenger Assistant on board the vehicle.
• Occasional full day attendance for training may be required and paid.

Skills

Customer facing

Teamwork

Driving

Job description

Grade/Salary: ME6 - £30,288 - £32,070 pro rata - Part time 20 Hours per week - Term Time only - Permanent

Merton is London’s best kept secret, with beautiful open spaces, great transport links, ambitious plans to improve quality of life in the borough and an unmatched sporting heritage. We offer structured career progression and a real focus on enabling positive change through ambitious management and leadership.

We are Merton United - One Borough, One Team.

Merton is looking to recruit a number of Driver/Attendants for it's inhouse Passenger Transport team. Our Driver/Attendants are part of the customer facing side of Merton, helping to transport children with special educational needs and disabilities and vulnerableadults from home, to schools, community centres and activities. Predominantly a driving role, driving large minibuses around Merton and the wider South London area, you will also be a familiar, recognisable face to our service users who travel daily, whilst working as part of a team with a Passenger Assistant also on board the vehicle.

This is a part time role with a twenty hour per week contract offered working only during the school term times. The role is Monday to Friday with a split day, built around the school start and finish times. Please note on occasion a full day, with no split maybe require to attend training courses, which are paid and some attendance outside of the school term maybe required to facilitate training.

Applicants will be required to obtain an enhanced DBS certificate which the Merton team will arrange upon an offer of employment being made.

Please note any applicant must hold either a category D or a D1 driving licence to be able to work with us.

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Applications are being reviewed weekly.