About the Role

Responsible for delivering to the highest standard for some of the most vulnerable service users across the borough.

Operating out of Hawthorne Road Depot you will be responsible for service users’ needs during transportation to and from various residential, day-care and education establishments - transporting vulnerable adults and children with special educational needs.

The key responsibilities include:

• Collecting and returning service users to their homes, assisting service users at the beginning, during and at the end of their journey, providing care and comfort and ensuring safe arrival at the destination.
• Assisting service users in and out of the vehicle as per their assessment needs.

• Ensuring service users are correctly secured and supported in their seats, using harnesses where provided, checking that wheelchairs are securely fastened by means of observation prior to vehicle moving off.
• Assume joint responsibility for service users’ safety on the vehicle and should be positioned as to have good observation of the service user.
• To operate all equipment safely as trained to do so, ensuring that defects are reported.

Please see Appendix A (page 10) for a full copy of the Job Description and Person Specification.

Provisional interview date: week commencing 11th May 2026

Equal Opportunities

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.

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