SEND Passenger Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Redhill; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate SEND Passenger Assistant to support children with special educational needs during transport. This rewarding role involves ensuring the safety and well-being of children while driving them to educational facilities. The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator, able to maintain a positive atmosphere and collaborate with parents and caregivers. Join a dedicated team committed to making a difference in the community and enjoy a range of benefits, including flexible working hours and comprehensive health support.

Benefits

Life Assurance

24/7 GP Consultation

Mental Health Consultations

Pension Scheme

Paid Holiday Entitlement

Uniform Provided

Employee Assistance Programme

Flu Vaccination

Qualifications

• Must be an effective and confident communicator.
• Demonstrate strong team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist children with special educational needs during transport.
• Maintain a calm environment and address emotional needs.
• Communicate effectively with parents and staff.

Skills

Effective Communication

Team Collaboration

DBS Check

Job description

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Are you passionate about supporting your local community? Do you enjoy engaging with new people and driven by supporting others? If so, then this might be the role for you.

We have a fantastic opportunity for aSEND Passenger Assistant to join ourHealthcaretransportation teambased in Surrey.

We have expanded our community service support and created a new division within our already established patient transport business and we are delivering care in the community by transporting Special Educational and Disability Needs (SEND) transport for children to and from healthcare facilities; ie schools and other learning hubs to repatriation and travel to specialist education centres.

Your role will be hugely rewarding, albeit challenging, however we can offer you the opportunity to become an invaluable colleague very quickly within our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist children with special educational needs during transport to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Driving carefully and considerately to safely drive children to and from their place of education using our vehicles.
• Support children in boarding and alighting from the vehicle, providing any necessary physical assistance.
• Maintain a calm and positive environment during transport, addressing any behavioural or emotional needs that may arise.
• Communicate effectively with parents, caregivers, and school staff regarding transportation arrangements.
• Ensure all safety EMED protocols are followed, including the use of seat belts and appropriate seating arrangements.
• Familiar with the safeguarding policies.
• Report any incidents or concerns promptly to your line Manager/Operations Manager.
• Assist in maintaining cleanliness of the vehicle.

Hours

• Part time only - Up to 20 hours per week available
• Example shifts (these can vary depending on travel time) - 07:45-09:45 and 15:15-17:15
• Monday – Friday, term time only
• AM and/or PM shifts available
• Flexitime

What benefits can you expect?

• Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
• 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
• 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
• Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
• Unlimited mental health consultations.
• Unlimited physiotherapy consultations.
• Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
• Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.
• Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
• Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
• Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
• The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
• Paid holiday entitlement.
• Pension Scheme.
• Blue Light Card.
• Uniform provided.
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
• Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter)

Do you have what it takes? A great SEND Passenger Assistant will be required to;

• Be an effective and confident communicator
• Naturally demonstrate team collaboration
• An Enhanced DBS check is required for all successful candidates which is fully funded by EMED Group

Please note that this role will be subject to several regulatory pre-employment checks, and you will be asked to provide details of your full employment history should you be invited to an interview. Your HMRC record, available to download from the Government Gateway may help you in preparing this information when required.

Our Values

Collaborative – We work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.

About Us

The exciting merger of ERS Medical and E-Zec Medical has enabled us to rebrand, therefore as a combined business we are now known as EMED Group. We are the largest Patient Transport and Care Partner to the NHS with more than 2,500 colleagues across 50 depots. Our ambition is to continue developing transport services that improve the health and wellbeing for people across our local communities by providing transport that supports patient care, community support, secure mental health and medical courier services.

EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.