Requisition Details:
Employment Status: Casual
Program Name: Meals on Wheels & Transportation
Work Schedule: Days
On Call: No
Existing Vacancy: Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing
vacancy in this position.
Job Summary:
The Driver provides regular assistance to clients by transporting them from
their homes to designated facilitates and/or packs and delivers frozen meals to
clients. The Driver attends to client needs during transport.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the safe transportation of clients in an accessible vehicle as
scheduled
- Ensure any necessary certification is completed as directed
- Maximize safety through daily maintenance of the driver’s primary vehicle and
ensure all necessary certification is current
- Complete vehicle log sheets regularly
- Provide support to clients as needed, including carrying and safely securing
clients’ equipment at pick up and drop off locations
- Abides by all confidentiality and protection of personal information
policies, regulations and practices and ensures appropriate safeguards are in
place within their role
- Abide by the VON Volunteer/Community Support Services Driving Agreement
- Abides by all VON policies and work practices including any event and
incident reports
- All other duties as assigned and delivery of service according to schedules
External and Internal Relationships:
- Regularly engage with and support clients in the process of meeting their
transportation needs
Education, Designations and Experience:
- High school diploma
- A minimum of one year of experience working with seniors and adults with
disabilities
- Experience with, and physically capable of, handling vehicle restraints
Skill Requirements:
- Able to work with accessible equipment e.g. wheelchairs, motorized scooters,
walkers, mechanical lifts and Q-straint tie down system.
- Reliable, dependable, and flexible.
- Good verbal communication skills.
- Must be able to lift and carry a minimum of 35 pounds using appropriate
lifting techniques.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Must be able to engage in physical activity as a regular component of the
job.
- Ability to speak French is an asset.
Other:
- Must possess a valid driver’s permit and a clean driver’s abstract. The
abstract must be obtained annually.
- Must have valid G class driver’s license.
- Must provide proof of required insurance coverage when using personal
vehicle.
- A current and original copy of a satisfactory Criminal Records Check is
required upon the start of employment.
- A Vulnerable Sector Search and/or a Child Abuse Registry Check required.
- Must be able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Working conditions and physical demands: This role requires a detail-oriented
approach in a dynamic environment, with physical activity including lifting,
carrying (using proper techniques), bending, reaching, kneeling, and other
movements that emphasize good body mechanics. Individuals in the role are
required to walk, sit, stand, and climb stairs throughout the day, with some
tasks requiring fine hand movements.
Attention Current Employees (Internal Applicants): If you are applying to a
unionized position and you are a member of its bargaining unit, please be aware
that this posting may remain open beyond the deadline if there are not enough
applicants to fill the position(s). If the posting remains open after the
initial deadline, VON may close the posting at its’ discretion or a rolling
deadline equivalent to the posting period specified in your Collective Agreement
will be deemed, and each successive period will be treated as a separate posting
for purposes of comparing seniority between candidates.
