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Day Care Driver (Annualised hours)

Employer
Peabody
Location
Sundial Centre, E2
Salary
£4,292
Closing date
5 Feb 2019

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Function
Other Housing jobs
Seniority
Assistant / coordinator
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
Organisation Type
Housing association / RP

Job Details

Peabody has an exciting opportunity for an Annualised Driver to join our team in East London. You will join us on an annualised hour’s contract where you are paid to work an average of up to 336 hours over the year, and will receive a competitive salary of £10.20 per hour

The Annualised hour role:

This is an annualised hour contract, where you are paid to work an average of up to 336 hours over the year. This may include working weekends and bank holidays. Holiday entitlement is accrued as hours are worked.  The contract offers periods of non-working. There will be a combination of compulsory and flexible hours that you will be required to work. This way of working will provide you with guaranteed income for the year. You will be required to cover for employee absence and peak periods on a flexible basis cover for employee 
 

Key responsibilities:

To safely transport day care customers to and from their homes to the centre in the borough of Tower Hamlets with a passenger escort

Knowledge/skills/experience required:  

  • Excellent driving and communication skills
  • Mini-bus/passenger type vehicle driving experience
  • Full driving licence, with a category D licence
  • MIDAS qualification
  • Some experience in customer care, working with vulnerable people or health care
  • Clean UK Driving Licence 
  • Experienced in moving and handling people
  • Proven experience of operating a tail lift and associated safety equipment for wheelchair access in vehicles e.g. harnesses/clamps

The successful applicant will need to be subject to an enhanced background check by the Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) before any appointment can be confirmed.

Company

About Peabody

About us

Peabody has nearly 160 years of history, experience and expertise. We were founded in 1862 by the remarkable American banker, diplomat and philanthropist, George Peabody. With over 67,000 homes, we’re one of the largest housing providers in London and the South East.

What we do

We deliver services to 133,000 residents, 16,000 care and support customers as well as the wider communities in which we work.

We are here to help make people’s lives better. We do this by developing and delivering reliably good modern services, building and maintaining the best quality developments, working with local communities and building long-term partnerships, and  growing and using our position of influence to create positive change.

We focus on those who need our help the most, working with people and communities to build resilience and promote wellbeing. We create and invest in great places where people want to live.

Working for us

We're a thriving human and kind organisation with people at our heart.

If you join us you'll be part of something special: fulfilling your ambitions and working with people who truly care.

We offer a variety of career and development opportunities, and a range of flexible benefits. You'll also have the chance to work with colleagues who want to help people make the most of their lives. We need talented employees who want to make a difference. If this sounds like you we can’t wait to meet you.

Our performance

We're committed to being transparent in the way we conduct our business and how we deliver value for money. We attained Government regulatory judgements of G1 for Governance.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 055 0261
Location
45 Westminster Bridge Road
London
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London
SE1 7JB
GB

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