Driver (Passenger Driver) (Bank Staff)
| Posting date: | 11 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £14.31 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Location: | Stones End Day Centre, 11 Scovell Road, London SE1 1QQ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | AgeUK Lewisham and Southwark |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Age UK Lewisham and Southwark (AUKLS) is looking for a number of enthusiastic Drivers who will work as bank staff, operating from our Stones End Day Centre. Working as part of a team, you will provide a comfortable and dignified transport service for older people in Southwark, providing cover for our regular drivers.
You will be passionate about working with people, have flexibility around when you are available to work, have previous experience of driving a minibus or community vehicle and hold a valid UK driving licence.
Shift pattern: 8.30 – 11.00 and/or 14.30 – 17.00, Monday to Friday. As required, you will be contacted in advance to confirm your availability to work.
Hours: Zero hours.
Background: AUKLS is a local, independent and self-funded charity that exists to improve the lives of older people in Lewisham and Southwark. At Stones End Day Centre, we specialise in working with older members of the community who have a dementia diagnosis, providing daily activities and meals.
What you will be doing:
• Attend the Day Centre at the start of each shift and participate in team
meetings detailing the plan for the day.
• Carry out maintenance and daily checks of the minibus, keeping accurate
records and reporting any faults.
• Transport members to and from the Day Centre, ensuring safety and wellbeing
throughout the journey.
• Operate the passenger lift and other equipment used to assist members whilst
entering and exiting the minibus safety.
• Ensure all passengers and wheelchair users are secured correctly in the
appropriate location using the necessary safety equipment.
• Communicate with members and their family in a patient and compassionate
manner.
• Be responsible for the security and legitimate use of AUKLS fuel card.
Skills and experience:
o Experience of driving a minibus or community vehicle
o Full UK driving licence (no special category required)
o Ability to work as part of a team
o Good communication skills
o Ability to work with a patient and level-headed attitude
o Willing to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check
o Provide two satisfactory references (for the successful candidate only)
Recruitment process:
If you would like to apply and have the skills and experience required, please email an up-to-date CV to recruitment@ageuklands.org.uk. You will then be asked to complete a Declaration Form and Equal Opportunities Form. We will only consider CVs where there is a completed Declaration Form and Equal Opportunities Form.
Successful applicants will be asked to attend an in-person interview at Stones End Day Centre, 11 Scovell Road, London SE1 1QQ.
You will be passionate about working with people, have flexibility around when you are available to work, have previous experience of driving a minibus or community vehicle and hold a valid UK driving licence.
Shift pattern: 8.30 – 11.00 and/or 14.30 – 17.00, Monday to Friday. As required, you will be contacted in advance to confirm your availability to work.
Hours: Zero hours.
Background: AUKLS is a local, independent and self-funded charity that exists to improve the lives of older people in Lewisham and Southwark. At Stones End Day Centre, we specialise in working with older members of the community who have a dementia diagnosis, providing daily activities and meals.
What you will be doing:
• Attend the Day Centre at the start of each shift and participate in team
meetings detailing the plan for the day.
• Carry out maintenance and daily checks of the minibus, keeping accurate
records and reporting any faults.
• Transport members to and from the Day Centre, ensuring safety and wellbeing
throughout the journey.
• Operate the passenger lift and other equipment used to assist members whilst
entering and exiting the minibus safety.
• Ensure all passengers and wheelchair users are secured correctly in the
appropriate location using the necessary safety equipment.
• Communicate with members and their family in a patient and compassionate
manner.
• Be responsible for the security and legitimate use of AUKLS fuel card.
Skills and experience:
o Experience of driving a minibus or community vehicle
o Full UK driving licence (no special category required)
o Ability to work as part of a team
o Good communication skills
o Ability to work with a patient and level-headed attitude
o Willing to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check
o Provide two satisfactory references (for the successful candidate only)
Recruitment process:
If you would like to apply and have the skills and experience required, please email an up-to-date CV to recruitment@ageuklands.org.uk. You will then be asked to complete a Declaration Form and Equal Opportunities Form. We will only consider CVs where there is a completed Declaration Form and Equal Opportunities Form.
Successful applicants will be asked to attend an in-person interview at Stones End Day Centre, 11 Scovell Road, London SE1 1QQ.
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