Support Worker and Driver / Employee Access Assistant
- Guide Dogs
- Portsmouth, Hampshire
- 01 Oct, 2024
Job Description
Support Worker and Driver / Employee Access Assistant who has a full, clean driving licence, basic administration skills and excellent listening and communication skills is required to support a member of staff to fulfil their role at Guide Dogs.
SALARY: £22,363 per annum + Excellent Benefits
BENEFITS: 26 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays, a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme.
LOCATION: Travel to and from work in and around West Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 35 Hours per Week, Monday to Friday – Flexibility to work outside of core hours with occasional overnight stays is required for this role
PLEASE NOTE: Candidates MUST hold a full UK driving Licence with access to a vehicle
APPLICATION PROCESS: Once we’ve reviewed your CV, we will email over some extra details regarding the application process that you will need to complete as soon as possible. Please keep an eye out for our email.
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Support Worker and Driver / Employee Access Assistant that has a full, clean driving licence, basic administration skills and excellent listening and communication skills.
Working as the Support Worker and Driver / Employee Access Assistant you will be driving and supporting a visually impaired Vision Rehabilitation Specialist on a day-to-day basis, enabling them to carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.
As the Support Worker and Driver / Employee Access Assistant you will form a close and trusting working relationship with the supported person. Having a person-centred approach, good communication skills and flexibility and understanding are extremely important.
DUTIES
Your duties as the Support Worker and Driver / Employee Access Assistant:
- Drive the person supported in order that they may fulfil the requirements of travel in their role
- Provide sighted assistance to the person supported, including orientation and sighted guiding in unfamiliar environments, or other assistance as required
- Note take and read documentation to the person supported as required and handle information in a sensitive manner, maintaining confidentiality applying the data protection act where necessary
- Assist with basic data input on Microsoft Office including Excel and Word, maintain Outlook calendar and maintain accurate and confidential records
- Locate information from a variety of sources, including the intranet, print and internal systems
Working at Guide Dogs is much more than just a job. Through the values that guide our work, we make a real difference, and change lives.
We believe that wellbeing at work is about creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows all employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and for Guide Dogs.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- A full, clean driving licence with access to a vehicle
- Ability to drive the person supported in order that they may fulfil the requirements of travel in their role in and around West Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight
- An understanding of Visual Impairment and the impact on day-to-day activities
- Good interpersonal skills are essential as the role will require a close working relationship with the person being supported
- Flexibility to work regularly outside of core working hours to enable travel to and support during client visits
- Computer literate with a good knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages and a willingness to learning new systems
- Evidence of dealing with confidential issues sensitively and with total integrity
- Eligibility to work in the UK
The Charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they work. They expect all of their employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Please note: we reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
HOW TO APPLY
APPLICATION PROCESS: Once we’ve reviewed your CV, we will email over some extra details regarding the application process that you will need to complete as soon as possible. Please keep an eye out for our email.
By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P12658
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Working at Guide Dogs
Working at Guide Dogs is much more than just a job. Through the values that guide our work, we make a real difference - and change lives.
If you feel that you are committed to our vision, purpose and values, and are dedicated to helping create a society in which blind and partially sighted people enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else, then find out a bit more about us and the benefits of working with us.
Working at Guide Dogs
Working at Guide Dogs is much more than just a job. Through the values that guide our work, we make a real difference - and change lives.
If you feel that you are committed to our vision, purpose and values, and are dedicated to helping create a society in which blind and partially sighted people enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else, then find out a bit more about us and the benefits of working with us.
What we offer you
We believe that wellbeing at work is about creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows all employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and for Guide Dogs.
As a member of staff we offer you a wide range of benefits to suit your individual needs:
- 35 hour working week
- 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays - Rising to 28 days after three years' service
- Defined contribution group personal pension plan - Guide Dogs matches employee contributions plus 2% up to a maximum of a 9% employer contribution
- Life assurance - A core benefit of 4 times salary
- Flexible benefits - An amount equivalent to 3% of salary is given to employees to purchase benefits from a suite of well-being products
- Discounts and cash-back scheme - Access to discounts on goods and retail vouchers and cash back on purchases for supermarkets, clothing, electrical goods, travel, eating out, insurance and much more
- Employee assistance programme - A free-phone confidential helpline to provide unlimited access to advice, information and face-to-face counselling support, where appropriate
- Occupational sick pay - Enhanced above the statutory minimum
- Occupational maternity, paternity and adoption pay - Enhanced above the statutory minimum
- Child care vouchers - Enabling NI savings to be made on child care costs
- Eye care vouchers - Free eye tests and if needed specifically for VDU work, a contribution towards glasses
- Hearing tests - Free hearing tests for employees working in our kennels
- Dogalogue 10% discount - A 10% discount on orders from the Guide Dogs official shop
Diversity Statement
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome, and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding Statement
Guide Dogs is committed to ensuring that children, young people and adults at risk who come into contact who come into contact with Guide Dogs staff and volunteers are treated with respect, and are free from all forms of abuse or mistreatment. We are also committed to ensuring that all staff and volunteers are aware of their responsibilities, and have the knowledge and skills necessary to promote and maintain the welfare and safety of those with whom they come into contact.