If you enjoy driving, meeting new people and would like to help your local community we welcome you to join us as a Volunteer Driver.
Under the guidance of the team you will provide non-emergency transport for our patients wishing to get to appointments. This maybe returning to visit home, access a health appointment or to participate in a leisure activity.
As a Volunteer Driver, you will offer reassurance and engage in conversation as appropriate during the journeys.
Benefits
- Increase your social and relationship skills
- Gain career experience
- Volunteering provides a sense of purpose
Practical Considerations
To become a Volunteer Driver, you will need to:
- Be 21 years old +
- Have a minimum of 2 years driving experience
- Hold a valid, full clean UK driving licence
- Have fully comprehensive insurance with business use cover
- Provide evidence of an eye test within the past 2 years
- Able to use a mobile phone
- Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (funded by the trust)
- Complete online and in-person mandatory training
In addition, you may also be required to have a basic driving assessment from the local service.
Skills
- Driving skills
- Safe and careful driver
- Physically fit for getting in and out of vehicles and loading and unloading
- Able to navigate around an area using sat nav or maps
- Able to keep to a schedule
- Well presented, with a friendly and approachable manner and good verbal communication skills
- An ability to be patient and calm even in the face of difficult situations
- An ability to act on own initiative within the role description.
When do I need to be available?
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Where does this role take place?
Graylingwell Drive
Chichester
Sussex
PO19 6GS
- Interests
- Mental Health
- Activities
- Driving
- Details
- Disabled Access
- Equal Opportunities Policy or Statement
- Expenses
- Health and Safety
- Induction
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Insurance Cover for Volunteers
However our policy doesn't cover you driving. See above, you must: Have fully comprehensive insurance with business use cover - Other
- Suitable for 13 - 16 years
- Suitable for 16 - 18 years
- Suitable for a group of volunteers
- Suitable only for (e.g. 18+, LGBT, BAME, Women only)
- Support on Offer
- This role is adaptable for different abilities
- Training