Volunteer Driver
This is a Temporary, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The vacancy
To safely transport children, young people or family members who are currently accessing EACH’s services. This may be journeys to the home, hospice or other locations such as hospital appointments or social occasions.
Key Activities:
- Picking up EACH children from home and bringing them to the hospice (EACH children will always be accompanied by a parent or EACH escort to provide care for the child)
- Transporting siblings to and from EACH sibling days or other activities
- Picking up parents/ grandparents and bringing them to organised EACH groups or other activities
- Comfortable driving one of our hospice vehicles
Personal Qualities / Attributes/ Knowledge:
- Must be 21+ and hold a full clean drivers licence
- Friendly and welcoming
- Committed and reliable
- Understanding, respectful and non-judgemental
- Experience of driving professionally (e.g. school bus driver, driving instructor) is desirable but not essential however individuals should be confident and experienced drivers
- Experience of working with children /young people/ vulnerable people is desirable
- Able to work confidentially and within boundaries and have a good awareness of safeguarding
- The ability to work on own initiative
Supervision/Induction:
- You will be provided with an induction by the Care Manager, who will also provide you with regular supervisions.
Hours/Time commitment:
- Driver rotas are issued on a monthly basis and drivers can sign up to regular days or join our pool of ad-hoc volunteer drivers
Recruitment process:
- Application form, Informal Interview, Enhanced DBS check & 2 references.
- You will also be required to complete a drivers declaration form and undertake some mandatory training ahead of commencing your volunteer role, some of which will require an annual refresher e.g. safeguarding.
Why volunteer with us?
We benefit greatly by having volunteers, but volunteers themselves get lots out of it too! Volunteering is a great way to:
Why volunteer with us?
The organisation
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.
In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.
Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.
We’re over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.
Diversity statement
At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation, creativity and success.
Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection process.
Please note:
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.
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