Job Description

£14,100 - £14,321 + Excellent benefits

This is a 25-hour per week role and is paid for 46 weeks at an annual salary of £14,100 - £14,321, with an outstanding benefits package.

Huge Small Victories

Being a driver in our school means being part of something big. You’ll be the one who gets the children to school on time and returns them home safely, creating positive relationships with the children and parents.

Get out what you put in

You will be responsible for the safety and behaviour of the children, and for using a variety of online reporting tools to record any communication from/to parents, or any pupil concerns. Specifically, your role as a Driver/Escort will involve both driving one of the school minibuses and escorting the children whilst they are driven, collecting them from their homes in the morning, and returning them after school. The number of young people in each vehicle will be between one and 6, and there will always be 2 Driver/Escorts present. You will be responsible for the safety and behaviour of the children, and for using a variety of online reporting tools to record any communication from/to parents, or any pupil concerns. 

One of the best environments in SEND

Opening in Autumn 24, Westmorland’s own secondary site with a purpose built, brand new, state of the art school, catering primarily for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Speech, Language and Communication needs. This secondary site school will provide education for up to 40 children aged 11 to 16. This is an exciting extension to Westmorland school, which is consistently outstanding school and offer the opportunity serving Leyland and the wider communities; you can be at the heart of its development, supporting the school in advance of its opening, through the construction phase and crucial pre-opening period. Our aim is to ensure that every pupil has an outstanding educational experience with individual pupil progress and care at the heart of what is offered.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training : A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday : You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays
• Flexible benefits : meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits  here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools  here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole-self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking for will:

• Have a clean driving license with a minimum of 5 years driving experience and be over the age of 25
• Be friendly, hard-working and dependable
• Be able to build positive relationships with pupils, staff and visitors
• Be well presented, reliable and a good time keeper

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications
from all sections of the community.

For a full and person specification, please click here .

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here .

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here .

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children /
SEMH / SEN / ASD

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