Trust Driver (Voluntary)

Hollybank Trust; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A local charitable organization is seeking a Trust Driver in West Yorkshire. The role focuses on providing a safe transportation service while ensuring the welfare of service users. Candidates should have a full UK driving licence and align with the organization's values of compassion and teamwork. The position offers training and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Supportive working environment

Access to qualifications

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe driving service to transport service users.
• Support staff in caring for service users during journeys.
• Promote Trust's policies on equal opportunities and health.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Proactive attitude

Compassion

Teamwork

Confidence to ask questions

Job description

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Trust Driver (Voluntary), West Yorkshire

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Client:

Hollybank Trust

Location:

West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

01.08.2025

Expiry Date:

15.09.2025

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Job Description:

Role: Trust Driver (Voluntary)

Location: Hollybank. Trustwide

Hours: 0 hrs,

Our main priority for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our own! We're seeking to recruit a proactive and enthusiastic Driver to join the team at Hollybank - could this be you?

You will need to have a full UK driving licence, and be able to work on your own initiative. Above all else, we want someone that shares in our values. These are:

• Treating people with compassion, dignity, and respect.
• Working together as a team to ensure we are the best at what we do.
• Being confident enough to ask questions and challenge ideas.

What can we offer you?

• Training to give you the skills to be the best driver for Hollybank.
• An open, honest, and supportive working environment.
• Access to Care First.
• Access to qualifications

Main Responsibilities

Role Specific

Driving

To provide a safe and efficient driving service to ensure that service users are transported in comfort as and when required.

Service Users and Staff Support

To support staff in caring for service users during journeys and off site visits in order to ensure the welfare of all service users.

No job description can be entirely comprehensive and the job holder will be expected to carry out such other duties as may be required from time to time and are broadly consistent with the job description and status of the post within the Trust.

General Responsibilities

Best Practice

To maintain an awareness and keep updated with the latest initiatives and thinking, sharing new ideas with colleagues in order to improve organisation performance.

Self-Development

To participate in supervisions, PDRs and continuous training and development, and to seek ways of continually achieving self-development and career enhancement; to support the future skills requirements of the Trust. To ensure training needs are regularly identified and assessed and action is taken to develop skills including PDR's completed in a timely manner.

To act as a professional and positive ambassador for Hollybank in order to support the Trust's mission and profile.

Policy Promotion

To actively promote the Trust's Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Disability Awareness and Data Protection policies, to ensure that the Trust operates effectively, fairly, and in line with legislative requirements at all times.

To maintain a code of cleanliness and sanitation as outlined by the Trust infection control procedures

To assist the Head of Department in the process of developing risk management strategies in order to safeguard the interests of the Trust.

Safeguarding

To adhere to and follow the Trust's Safeguarding procedures in order to protect the safety of all children, young people and adults.

Confidentiality

In line with the Data Protection Act you will see the use and safe sharing of information as part of their responsibility. You will ensure you work in line with our data protection and information governance policies and procedures protecting and respecting the privacy of our children, young people and adults.

Flexibility

To carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time to meet the evolving needs of the organisation.

Hollybank Trust is committed to Safeguarding vulnerable people, and our Safer Recruitment process requires all employees to have an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks in line with our Recruitment policy. We will ask you to pay for your inital DBS check, unless you have a portable DBS.

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer sponsorship to work in the UK.

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We want people from underrepresented groups such as Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBTQIA+) communities to succeed at Hollybank Trust and our policies and procedures ensure that this can happen. Click here to find out more about our approach to equality and diversity.

Hollybank Trust is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.