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Avenues Group
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Kent, Hampshire
Volunteer Driver
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Contract Type: Contract |
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Overview
Volunteer Driver Are you able to spare a few hours a week to help support our individual’s access local activities and appointments? We are looking for volunteer drivers to help us, ideally on a regular basis, to drive our mobility vehicles from one of our services in Tunbridge Wells. This service is essential for the people we support to attend social activities, sport clubs, arts and crafts, visiting shops, restaurants etc. and even any appointments and so you will have an opportunity to be a part of a person-centred organisation that is both rewarding and enjoyable. Hours of support required: Monday - 10am-1pm Tuesday - 10am-2pm and 7pm-11pm Thursday - 10am-2pm Friday - 10am-4pm Saturday- 8:30am-12:30pm However we can be flexible to suit any volunteer’s availability About us: Avenues Group are a non for profit social care organisation which supports young adults and adults with learning disabilities through a mixture of 1:1 support at home and in the community, to enable them to live as independently as possible. Benefits of working for Avenues Group Training, advice and support New skills and experience Ability to meet a variety of people within the local community The opportunity to be a part of a rewarding organisation and team What skills and expertise will you need? Hold a full clean UK driving licence Willing to drive a service vehicle (e.g. adapted vehicle, larger vehicle etc.) Able to communicate with a variety of people Be reliable, punctual and able to manage own time Be willing to undertake any mandatory training Highly desirable to have own vehicle and business insurance Local to the areas of one or more of the following: Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Hildenborough, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks or Kings Hill (and surrounding areas). Due to the range of people you may encounter, you are required to complete a mandatory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check. We operate both enhanced Adult and Children checks for this role in line with our compliance. If you feel you could spare some time to support us and become a volunteer, please apply to express your interest and someone from our Recruitment team can be in touch. As part of the process someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch with a volunteer application form to fill out, to allow you to process to the next stage. We will process your data in line with our privacy policy. To find out more visit our Avenues Group website. We want you to have control over your data. You can contact us at any time to request or change the data that we hold about you or even if you just have a question relating to the data we hold about you.