Van Rider - Pediatrics

Friendship Community Care; Bryant (AR); On-site; USD 16,531 - 20,664; Part time

Job summary

Friendship Community Care in Bryant, AR is looking for a part-time bus assistant. In this role, you will ensure the safety of children during their bus rides, assist with boarding and exiting, and maintain order on the bus.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma and strong communication skills. This position requires lifting and handling children as well as managing daily documentation, making it essential for applicants to demonstrate safety awareness and physical ability.

Qualifications

• Ability to comprehend simple instructions and write correspondence.
• Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to handle physical demands including lifting and mobility.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety of children entering/exiting the bus.
• Maintain order on the bus and check for children at day's end.
• Assist drivers with required documentation and inspections.

Skills

Safety awareness

Communication

Maintaining order

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: FPS Bryant - Bryant, AR 72089
Position Type: Part Time
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Transportation
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 8:30 AM and 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Pay: TBD

Education level: High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

SUMMARY

Ensures the safety of all children riding the bus and completes required documentation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist children when entering/exiting bus, as needed.
• Assists with taking children to and from their classrooms.
• Maintains order on bus and ensures all children remain seated with seat belts fastened.
• Acts as a "spotter" every time the driver backs up the bus.
• Sits in the middle or back of the bus so that children are always.
• Walk along the aisle at every designated stop to ensure the safety/security of all children is being maintained.
• Check buses at end of morning/afternoon routes to ensure no child remains on bus.
• Turn in all documentation daily which includes but limited to: Transportation Roster, absentee notes, etc.
• Assists bus drivers with maintaining the bus binder that includes required documentation: seating chart, up to date client information, emergency procedures, and vehicle accident procedures/forms.
• Assists bus drivers to ensure up to date client information is in the bus binder when transporting children. This includes client face sheets listing authorized person(s) to take a child from the bus, Parent Consent for Medication Administration and Emergency Treatment form, printed maps to every client's home.
• Completes and submits monthly car seat inspections on the last working day of the month.
• Report any maintenance issues to appropriate staff immediately upon discovery.
• Responds to any medical emergency on bus.
• Immediately reports all transportation related incidents to supervisor.
• Attend scheduled staff meetings.
• Complete all required training in a timely manner.
• Follows FCC policies/procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• This is a safety sensitive position.

Maintains confidentiality of all information received regarding Friendship Community Care, Inc. and the clients. Conditions of confidentiality shall be in compliance with Friendship Community Care Non-Disclosure Policy and HIPAA Policies.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, and employees will also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/ or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High School diploma and GED with preferably one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of both education and experience

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one- and small group situations to customers, children, and other employees of the organization.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

QUALITY ASSURANCE & COMPLIANCE

The Code of Conduct and Compliance Investigation Procedures as read and discussed in the new employee training must be followed at all times. Consumers’ progress notes be maintained and completed daily or as needed on the prescribed forms. Consumers’ records must be maintained weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly. All information must be filed in consumers’ records as needed and updated as prescribed by funding sources.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.