Part -Time Travel Trainer - Stockport
- Core hours: 20 hours per week Monday to Friday to include 07:30 – 09:30 & 14:30 – 16:30 as core hours.
- Contract - Permanent
- Location - Stockport (but some travel within Greater Manchester will be required)
- Salary - £14,021 per annum (FTE £24,538)
Main purpose of the Job:
To work with young people, on a 1:1 basis, with the outcome of helping them develop the skills to eventually be able to travel independently and safely using public transport. Also to assist in the development and delivery of group training sessions in school and college settings.
Key Areas of responsibility
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. To deliver travel training plans to young people on journeys to/from school/college in real-time (usually morning and afternoon journeys) to enable them to develop road safety, problem solving and personal safety skills.
2. To adopt a flexible approach to the hours worked in order to attend work related activity, outside core hours, in accordance to the needs of the client and the organisation.
3. Liaise with travel training co-ordinator / school / parents and carers regularly to monitor and evaluate progress of young people both verbally and in writing.
4. To participate in risk assessments and maintain good safety procedures for students when out in the community.
5. To co-deliver group sessions in schools, colleges and other organisations across all travel training projects where required.
6. To identify, risk assess and follow safe and appropriate journeys for each individual.
7. To work with the schools or colleges identified and liaise with school staff as appropriate.
8. To comply with Health and Safety policies and procedures.
General Requirements
1. Champion and uphold Pure Innovations Values and Behaviours.
2. Comply with and promote Pure Innovations Equality and Diversity policy embracing, through personal example, open commitment and clear action that diversity is positively valued across the organisation.
3. To be available to attend team meetings, one to one’s and relevant training when requested to do so.
4. Be willing to achieve the Open Awards Level 2 ‘Skills for Teaching independent Travel’ within the first six months.
5. Be willing to raise any Safeguarding concerns regarding client abuse, mistreatment and the management of risk in line with the Safeguarding policies of Pure Innovations and our partner agencies.
6. Any other duties commensurate with the post.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £14,021.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- This role operates a split shift: Monday to Friday to include 07:30 – 09:30 & 14:30 – 16:30 as core hours. Are you aware and OK with the split shift?
- Do you have experience or knowledge of working with disadvantaged people or people with a disability? If yes, please provide an explanation.
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
