Minibus Driver - Zero Hours/Casual Contract

The Forest School, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 0DQ

40 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 December 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 - £13.05 Hourly Relief, Term Time Only

Minibus Driver - Zero Hours/Casual Contract job summary

The Forest School, part of the Wellspring Academy Trust, is a generic special school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

Purpose of the Post

We are looking for a highly competent and conscientious driver to join our team on a casual basis to support our children on local days out and trips. You will need to be flexible and adaptable, a good communicator, cheerful and calm. The successful applicant will need to be reliable with good timekeeping skills and available during the week, term time only. All visits/students are supervised by our fully trained staff. If you want to make a difference to some of the most vulnerable learners in Knaresborough, please complete our application form.

The purpose of this role is to:

Transport pupils, groups of pupils and staff according to a set daily schedule and throughout the school day

Communicate effectively with children and adults to establish and maintain good working relationships to support children.

Operate school vehicles in a safe and efficient way in line with all relevant laws, legislation, policies and procedures including, for example:

Performing daily safety checks

Ensuring vehicles are safely and securely stored

Ensuring any necessary repairs/concerns are reported

Cleaning and valeting the vehicles

Refuelling vehicles

Reporting issues in a timely manner so they can be rectified promptly

Responsible to: SLT

Employee Supervision: None

What you'll need to succeed:

• Must hold a clean full UK Driving Licence.

• Must have a minimum of 3 years driving experience and previous experience in a driver role

• MIDAS Minibus training (or willingness to undertake). You must have category D1 on your licence

• Ability to understand the needs of students with special educational needs

• Good time keeping skills

• Reliable and conscientious

Commitment to safeguarding

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Forest School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 16
• School size: 147 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Forest School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-forest-school-hg5-0dq (opens in new tab)

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