Fleet Passenger Assistant

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; North Carolina; On-site; USD 35,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Durham County Council is seeking a Fleet Passenger Assistant to help children and vulnerable adults travel safely on council fleet services. You will assist with boarding, provide physical support, and supervise journeys while following safeguarding and health and safety procedures.

You will liaise with families, carers and colleagues, maintain records, and undertake DBS-related checks as part of regulated activity.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults
• Experience of working with people with special needs including physical, learning and behavioural difficulties
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations, such as behaviour issues and people with complex medical needs

Responsibilities

• Support children and vulnerable adults to travel safely on the fleet vehicle
• Assist passengers with boarding and alighting and provide physical support as required
• Communicate with families and carers and maintain records in line with procedures
• Follow safeguarding, health and safety and transport procedures during journeys

Skills

Experience of working with children

Experience of working with vulnerable—

Experience with people with special

Experience handling difficult situat

Job description

Do you enjoy helping others and making a difference every day? Join our Fleet and Travel Response team as a Fleet Passenger Assistant.

WHAT IS INVOLVED?

You will support children and vulnerable adults with special needs to travel safely to and from their destinations. This includes assisting passengers when boarding and leaving the vehicle, providing physical support where required, and supervising passengers throughout their journey.

You will follow relevant transport, health and safety and safeguarding procedures, communicate with families and carers, maintain records, and undertake training to support the safe transportation of children and vulnerable adults.

We encourage you to contact Scot Ryan (Fleet & Travel Response Team Leader) via email at [e-mail] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

WHAT WILL I NEED?

• Experience of working with children
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults
• Experience of working with people with special needs including physical, learning and behavioural difficulties
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations, such as behaviour issues and people with complex medical needs

You must be able to understand and follow procedures and be aware of the main health and safety issues relating to passenger transport.

Please refer to the attached Person Specification for the full criteria.

If successful, you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.

Durham County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore if successful in your application, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be sought inclusive of a check of the Children’s Barred List and Adults Barred List, due to the position working in regulated activity. Applicants should be aware that the DBS check will disclose both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings, in line with current legislation and will confirm whether an individual is barred from working with children, adults, or both.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews will be held on Monday 26th October 2026.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.

OUR OFFER TO YOU

We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years’ continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable. Explore the full range of rewards and benefits on our website.

Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.

Please note, flexible working including hybrid working (home and office) is not available in this role.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people and offer support throughout the recruitment process.

Standard term time only pay is calculated on the basis of the following:

Number of ‘teaching’ weeks – 38 weeks; plus Public (bank) holidays – 1.6 weeks (8 days); plus Individual leave entitlement – 5.4 weeks (27 days) or 6.4 weeks (32 days)

Individual leave entitlement is calculated on the length of continuous service. Employees with less than 5 years’ service will receive 27 days annual leave. Employees with more than 5 years’ service will receive 32 days annual leave.

For example: Calculation for employees with less than 5 years’ service: 38 weeks (term time) + 27 days (annual leave) + 8 days (public holidays) = 45 weeks’ pay, to be paid in 12 equal monthly instalments Calculation for employees with more than 5 years’ service: 38 weeks (term time) + 32 days (annual leave) + 8 days (public holidays) = 46 weeks’ pay, to be paid in 12 equal monthly instalment.

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Company: Durham County Council

Salary: Grade 3 £26,016 – £26,847 (pro rata)

Location: Durham, Durham

Sector: Education

Job Role: Teaching Assistant