Overview
How you’ll make a difference
Supporting vulnerable children, including those who have special needs, you will help to ensure they receive a safe, relaxed, and calm journey to and from school.
What you will be doing
- It will be key for you to maintain order and supervise the children on the vehicle. This may be assisting them on and off the bus, helping them with their seat belts and generally looking after their needs.
- You will be responsible for the physical and social care of passengers during the transporting to and from school.
- Ensuring the safety of the children, you will report any issues and make sure they are accurately relayed to parents, the school and the Integrated Transport team.
What we need from you
- We require you to have the ability to deal with children in a calm, understanding, caring and empathetic manner.
- You must be physically able to assist children on and off the vehicle where required.
What you need to know
- An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this post.
- This is a variable/ zero-hour post and therefore we cannot guarantee regular hours.
- You must live in South Gloucestershire to meet at the designated pick-up and drop-off points. Clearly state your location within South Gloucestershire in your application.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We’re building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
- We’re planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
- We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
To view the full job description, please click this link: Passenger Assistant – Job Description
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