Part Time Driver

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

Experience: No special license needed! Prefer experience driving and/or transporting people. Excellent schedule!

Education and Training

1. Must be able to read, write, and communicate in English.

2. High school diploma, GED, or equivalent is preferred.

3. Must be or become certified in first aid and CPR.

4. Must satisfactorily pass a Department of Human Services criminal background check.

5. Must have a valid Class D driver’s license and a driving record consistent with insurer’s guidelines

6. Must successfully complete a Department of Transportation physical examination.

7. Must have ability to work with and feel comfortable working with persons with developmental disabilities.

8. Must have physical ability to assist in loading and unloading wheelchair passengers.

Job Summary

Vehicle drivers transport clients with disabilities to and from their residences to STEP facilities. They assist clients in loading and exiting the vehicles and secure wheelchairs to assure client safety. Drivers assure that vehicles are clean and are in good operating condition.

Major Job Duties

• Drive clients to and from residences on daily routes.
• Maintain safety of clients through safe driving and safe passenger assistance.
• Perform daily check of vehicle operation systems including: brake lights, turn signals, etc.
• Provide input to supervisor regarding scheduling of vehicle routes.
• Assists with safe loading and unloading of clients, including the operation of wheelchair lift and securing of wheelchairs.
• Coordinate maintenance and cleaning of vehicles with appropriate agency staff.
• As rider or driver, safely prepares for and transports clients utilizing company vehicles as directed. Appropriately uses wheelchair lift, secure wheelchairs, and other assistive devices.
• Effectively and promptly communicates problems and concerns to the immediate supervisor regarding clients, vehicles, safety, and other transportation issues.
• Participates in in-service and training and employee reviews as required by agency policy and applicable governmental rules.
• Is familiar with and adheres to agency procedures and policies (e.g. Vulnerable Adult Policies, Behavioral Support Policies, Emergency procedures, employee policies, etc.)
• Maintain equipment, work areas, vehicles, and common areas in a neat and clean manner and communicate problems promptly to the supervisor.
• Transfer clients with physical disabilities safely and correctly using appropriate methods and ergonomics. May require mechanical lifts, personal transferring, two-person lifts, wheelchairs and other equipment.
• Respects and maintains the confidentiality of clients and of agency information. Appropriately shares and seeks out information on a need-to-know basis.
• This job description is not comprehensive, and all employees must be adaptable, flexible, willing to perform other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Attitude toward clients: Shows respect toward and promotes each client as an adult
individual.

2. Dependability and reliability: Performs all duties and assignments whether or not
supervision is present.

3. COMMUNICATION skills: Expresses ideas, information and instruction in a proactive,
positive and respectful manner that ensures that there is the intended effect and/or
response.

4. TEAMWORK: Acts as an effective team member through cooperation, mutual respect,
and shared work in an effort to realize common goals.

5. INITIATIVE: Observes the need for action and acts accordingly without the need for
supervisory direction.

6. JUDGMENT: Makes reasonable and appropriate decisions in day-to-day interactions
with clients, coworkers and customers.

7. ADAPTABILITY: Readily and effectively adjusts to changing ideas and activities in order
to cope with varying situations.

8. ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITY: Effectively establishes priorities that organize job duties
into a plan of action that maximizes the use of abilities and minimizes the use to time
and money.

9. TEACHING: Develops or utilizes the appropriate instructional methods to meet the
individual needs of the client.

10. ROLE MODELING: Acts as a positive role model for clients in dress, grooming, manner,
problem solving, conflict resolution, etc.

11. STRESS MANAGEMENT: Respond to stressful situations in a manner that that does not
interfere with programming or with the needs of the client or the employee.

12. PROFESSIONALISM: Is aware of how one’s behaviors and attitudes reflect on the
agency, acts in a manner that indicates the awareness of the importance of one’s own
job performance as important to the client, the agency and to oneself.

13. POSITIVE IMAGE PROJECTION: Interacts with clients, families and the general public in
a manner that projects positively on the reputation and image of the client, agency and
self.

14. CREATIVITY: Shows imagination and innovation in solving problems and making
adaptations

15. ATTENDANCE: Reliably reports for work as scheduled.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Morning shift

Work Days:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16 - $17