Driver
River Tees Hospital School, Middlesbrough, TS3 7EAThis job expired on 11 October 2024
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,213 - £21,247 per year
What skills and experience we're looking for
Desired Criteria
- Previousexperience of minibus driving.
- Experience of working with children.
- Good geographical knowledge oflocal area.
Essential Criteria
- A good standard of general education to Level 2 or equivalent including English and Mathematics.
- Have a valid UK driving licence with D1.
- Willing to undergo MIDAS training if not currently held.
- DBS clearance to work with children.
- Age between 25 and 70 years old (to meet requirements of our insurers).
- An ability to communicate with a range of people.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Reliable and trustworthy.
- Flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Sensitivity to user needs.
- Good communicationskills.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- To be committed to continual professional development.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
- Our employee’s development and progression journeys are proof that we invest in our staff and provide comprehensive training and development opportunities.
- We use a collaborative approach to our appraisals process that aims to foster a culture of inclusive professional development within which staff feel valued and treated fairly
- We pride ourselves on our wellbeing offer to employees, ensuring our staff’s health and wellbeing is considered in every decision-making process.
- Better Health at Work Award Advocates with employees trained as Health Advocates to help our employees look after their own mental health and wellbeing.
- We have a flexible and generous approach to family appointments and events.
- A comprehensive induction package and ongoing training.
Further details about the role
Job Description
Main Responsibilities
- To have a full, clean driving licence with D1. Any traffic offences must be declared to the Travel Co-ordinator.
- Tobe responsible forthe health and safety, comfort and welfare of pupils and staff whilst being transported in the vehicle.
- To drive and conduct yourself in line with National law and guidance and school policy and procedure. Working within the constraints and guidelines as set out in the Minibus Drivers’ Operating Instructions.
- Tobe responsible forcarrying out daily and weekly vehicle checks, and to carry out basic maintenance (topping up of fluid levels, tyre pressures etc.) reporting any problems to the Travel Co-ordinator and the School Business Manager.
- Report any vehicle defects, faults,incidentsand accidents to the Travel Co-ordinator.
- Tobe responsible forensuring that the required number of seats are in place and secure, and that the necessary wheelchair access is available to ensure the safe travel of all learners for the planned journey.
- Travel arrangements are suitably adapted to meet the needs of the individual learner e.g. Wheelchair users.
- Ensuring the vehicles are safe,cleanand roadworthy before and after use.
- Following school finance guidelines to re-fuel vehicles asrequired.
- Working within the health and safety guidelines and other guidelines that may be issued from time to time.
- Tobe responsible forthe correct us of safety and security equipmentin accordance withthe instructions given, and the wearing of safety clothing.
- To undergo MIDAS training, Safeguarding and Manual Handling and other training courses as directed.
- To ensure all mileage logs and other paperwork relating to themini busis kept up-to-date andaccurateand submittedin a timely manner.
- Tobe responsible forreturning the vehicle keys to the school office or to leave them as advised if outside office hours.
- To ensure all passengers andyourselfwear a seat belt at all times.
- To have positive communication skills for interacting with families and staff and ensuring, whererequired, this communication is recorded using the MIS system.
- Conduct risk assessments that are recorded and uploaded, asrequiredto the school. MIS system. Conduct dynamic risk assessments with regards individual learners and journeys to ensure the safety of all.
- To undertake any other duty that may from time to time bereasonably requiredto ensure the smooth running of the Academy.
Accountabilities
- Attend andparticipatein staff training as directed by the Academy.
- Must hold a current clean and valid driving licence which includes D1 or be willing to undertake training to drive a larger bus.
- To provide a copy of your driving licence every 6 months on request and, toimmediatelyadvise the School Business Manager or any changes or endorsements to your licence.
- To respect andmaintainthe confidentiality of all matters relating to the school,pupilsand staff.
- To adhere to RTMAT policies as outlined in the staff handbook.
General Duties
- To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may bereasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
- To workin accordance withthe RTMAT equality policy and procedure.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About River Tees Hospital School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 18
- School size
- 1 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- River Tees Hospital School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@rtmat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01642 213799
River Tees Hospital School is an integral part of the River Tees Multi-Academy Trust Family, where learning and wellbeing is at the centre of everything that we do. We work with the most vulnerable children, who have a complex range of physical and/or mental health difficulties, helping them to re-set their learning journey to achieve better outcomes and to improve their life chances in the short and longer term. It is recognised that each learner requires a unique setting and bespoke support programme to help them back into either mainstream education or a specialised educational pathway.
River Tees Hospital School creates an inclusive environment where staff strive to ensure all learners make accelerated academic progress whilst equally focusing on their personal development and wellbeing. We provide a range of specialist assessments, which allow us to develop an integrated plan that will work in harmony with the academic and emotional wellbeing strands.
River Tees Hospital School gives every learner the chance to be the best that they can be. This is achieved through the removal of barriers to learning, and the delivery of personalised educational programmes which lead to valuable and valid qualifications.
River Tees Hospital School is dedicated to providing high quality education through an innovative structure, so that vulnerable students have access to advanced and energising programmes of learning. We value the professional relationships between staff and learners, but equally ensure strong collaborative partnership work with parents, carers, trustees, external providers and the wider community, to ensure learners achieve their potential.
All learners are supported to develop lively and enquiring minds, whilst ensuring that they feel safe and valued in an inclusive environment. The ethos of inclusion is central to all of the work of our Trust and we strive to help our young people to achieve their aims and ambitions.
Adam Burns
Head of Hospital School
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