- Employment
- Part-time, Permanent
- Salary
- £13.45 per hour
- Location
- Farnham and Guildford (route starting points), with travel to all schemes and service locations as required
- Hours
- Every Saturday and dates in school holidays
About Us
Challengers is a charity dedicated to transforming the lives of disabled children, young people and their families through the power of play. We provide safe and inclusive spaces across the South East where disabled children aged 5-18 can come together to have fun, make friends and learn valuable life skills, while giving their families essential respite from care responsibilities.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- To drive the Challengers minibus transporting disabled children and young people from their scheme to their planned activities. You will be accompanied by workers who know the children.
- To remain calm, punctual and patient throughout, and to ensure the young people feel at ease whilst being transported.
- To ensure the vehicle is clean, roadworthy and safe to use prior to each journey.
- To adhere to and ensure constant compliance with all Challengers policies and procedures including Health and Safety guidelines for out minibuses.
Person specification
Qualities, character, attitude and experience of Challengers staff
- To conduct yourself appropriately and represent the Charity in a manner which reflects all the values and principles of the Challengers Approach.
- Full, clean D1 driving licence.
- A good, caring personality and compassionate nature.
- The ability to engage easily with Challengers staff and young people using our services.
Challengers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references.
We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may start meeting with people early if someone brilliant comes along – so don’t wait too long to apply!