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Job Title: Driver/Handy person

Responsible to: Home Manager

Salary: £11.92 per hour

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Brief description of the job

Are you an experienced driver looking for a rewarding and exciting new role? Are you a caring and compassionate person with the need to help children and young people in need? If the answer to these questions is a yes, we want you!

The Cambian Group are on the lookout for a reliable, friendly individual with a can-do-attitude to assist with the driving aspects of our Children’s Residential Care Worker role within the. No two days will be the same in this diverse role. You will be responsible for driving our children and staff to multiple locations throughout the day alongside any additional duties required such as  domestic help within the home when all driving duties have been met. You will be self-motivated, able to build good rapport with the children and personable with the ability to work as a team and as an individual. You will be expected to drive our company cars and minibuses provided and will have a clean manual UK license and at least one-year experience driving.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

To attend for work reliably and punctually.
To attend any training as required and take part in a positive manner.
To know where Cambian policies are kept and to be aware of and follow their contents.
To carry out all duties as instructed in a safe, timely, professional and courteous manner
To play a full part in building good relationships with the children and staff
To carry out monitoring of maintenance requirements and provide admin team with records.
To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and that of others in the vehicle.
To identify defects and damage and promptly report these to the site maintenance manager.
To deal with emergencies if they should occur while out on the road.
To ensure the security of the vehicles.
To carry out, as and when required, any additional duties and responsibilities as are reasonably compatible with this job description and deemed appropriate by your employer in the interests of the company. Examples, running errands, pickups, deliveries, house-keeping if no driving is necessary.

By carrying out these responsibilities well, you will be helping to provide the best possible quality of care for the young people who live with us.

You will be part of a team of Domestic assistants, to ensure that the homes, furniture, fittings and fixtures are clean, tidy and maintained to the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene. You will need to know or learn the understanding of C.O.S.H.H and the importance within this setting. Able to read and understand all risk assessments that are written regarding C.O.S.H.H.
Adopt a person-centred approach when carrying out their duties, ensuring engagement with children.
Act as an advocate for the Company and The Home and work collaboratively with colleagues across the whole Home to meet the needs of our residents.
Work with colleagues supporting a culture of team working.
Meet the behaviours and competencies adopted by Cambian in the way in which they achieve their objectives and carry out their work.
To ensure that all people are treated with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
The ability to problem solve, think on your feet and cope with problems and emergencies whilst making effective decisions.

Able to read and understand all risk assessments that are written regarding C.O.S.H.H.

Experience and Requirements:

Have worked with children or a care setting previously (preferable)
You must be over 21 years old
You must be able to attend a two-week training programme (fully funded by us)
No criminal record
Current, clean UK driving license

Experience of driving a variety of vehicles
Experience of working as part of a team

Benefits:

Flexible shifts
Enhanced DBS paid for
Full induction & training provided
Rota is given 4 weeks in advance