Cat D / PSV Driver

Cat D / PSV Driver | London, E10 | This post is 40 hours per week, not a standard full-time post | Early 08:00-18:00 | Late: 14.00 - Midnight | Weekend cover on a rota system | £14 per hour
Community Transport Waltham Forest is a busy transport charity providing passenger transport support to a wide variety of organisations across East London as well as delivering transport services on behalf of public bodies.
Due to the wide variety of services, we support, no day is the same.
We have deliver Dial-a-Ride services on behalf of Transport for London covering Waltham Forest, Newham, Tower Hamlets and The City. Dial-a-Ride helps people who are not able to use mainstream transport to get around the Capital.
The service has nearly 50,000 members who make 1.3m journeys a year.
Can you make a valuable contribution to delivering our Dial a Ride Service
Shift times:
Early: 8am – 6pm staggered starting times
Late: 4pm – 12am
Drivers are on a rota with shift adjustments every 6 weeks
What can we give to you?
Full training support for 2 weeks
Week and weekend shifts
On-Site support from the team
Long term, regular work
23 days holidays plus bank holidays
Uniform
DBS paid for
Free Parking
Are you the right person for us?
D1/PSV licence is essential with no more than 3 points
Passenger transport experience is desirable
A knowledge of East London is desirable
Proficient in spoken and written English
Be self-motivated and have patience, tact and flexibility
Excellent time keeping skills
Be able to demonstrate flexibility to be able to do various work shifts and areas, including at short notice
What will your role look like?
Drive to safe and professional standards (D1/PCV standards)
Ensure the schedule and time of journeys are followed; maintain accurate journey records for the purposes of monitoring and improving scheduling, including comments and complaints from passengers
Using accessible vehicles equipped with a ramp or tail lift, pick up passengers to/from designated collection points in accordance with the shift schedule in a courteous and safe manner.
Ensure passengers are correctly secured on the vehicle with a seatbelt or with the use of various specialist wheelchair-securing mechanisms
At the start and finish of duty, undertake vehicle checks in accordance with legal and company requirements, report/deal with defects according to company procedures
Ensure that all necessary equipment for a day’s duty is present on the vehicle
immediately liaise with the Depot and/or Management Control Centre (MCC) for Dial A Ride in the event of an accident/incident
Assist passengers on a door-to-door basis
To push and pull passengers in wheelchairs of various sizes (average weight 123 kilos)
Carry out Dynamic risk assessments; including passengers, location and adverse weather conditions
Comply with company policies and procedures including commitment and application of the Company’s Equal Opportunities Policy, Health and Safety policies and procedures.
All other duties commensurate with Dial-a-Ride Driver
If you are ready to start your career at Community Transport Waltham Forest, then click APPLY now! We can’t wait to hear from you!