Transportation Drivers
Transportation Drivers
Reporting to the Manager of Dufferin County Community Support Services (DCCSS), the Transportation Driver provides safe and reliable transportation of seniors and disabled adults for medical appointments.
What you’ll do
- Drive county vehicles to transport clients in a safe and courteous manner.
- Escort and assist clients door to door to appointments.
- Ensure all rides are provided in safe and responsible manner in compliance with all policies and procedures. Ensures that clients embark safely, and ride in their seats with seat belts buckled. Ensure the safe use of the Q-straint and lift when applicable. Ensure clients safely disembark from vehicle.
- Operate vehicle in compliance with the Ontario Traffic Safety Act.
- Perform a daily circle check before driving vehicle.
- Report any client concerns to DCCSS staff.
- Use agency cell phone to maintain contact with DCCSS office.
- Maintain paperwork as required for program i.e. mileage log book.
- Report and vehicle concerns, breakdown, malfunction, or service needs.
- Fuel vehicle as required and keep vehicle clean.
- Other duties as assigned.
- High school diploma
- Valid Class G driver’s license and clean drivers abstract.
- Valid personal insurance (Minimum $1,000,000 liability).
- Valid Class F driver’s license and clean drivers abstract would be an asset.
- Excellent organizational, time management and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Ability to engage with a wide variety of people with a high level of professionalism, compassion and courtesy including culturally, socially, and economically diverse populations, seniors, persons with disabilities and professional colleagues.
- Ability to ensure confidentiality and privacy of client information.
- Reliable, flexible, and patient – able to deal with traffic including city trips.
- Physically able to assist client in and out of vehicles, push clients in wheelchairs or assist with mobility devices
- Ability to work varying shifts, statutory holidays, weekends and maintain regular punctual attendance
- Satisfactory police vulnerable sector screening
- Two Step Tuberculosis test
- Sensitive to needs of seniors and individuals with physical disabilities and/or mental illness
- Must be willing to work flexible hours as hours of work will vary depending on transportation requests. May include evenings and weekends
- Must be flexible to potential call in for work or changes to schedules based on transportation needs
- Must be willing to drive in busy urban centres such as Toronto