Driver - Frozen Meals On Wheels (Rpt 0.4)

1 week ago

Truro, Canada VON Canada (Nova Scotia) Full time

**Requisition Details**:
Employment Status: Permanent, Part-Time (0.4 FTE)
Program Name: Transportation Program
Number of Hours Bi-Weekly: 30
Work Schedule: Days
On-Call: No

**Job Summary**:
The Driver - VON's Frozen Meals on Wheels will be transporting meals from the office space to the client's home.

**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 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)

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Attention to detail; Lift and carry using appropriate lifting techniques; Bend, push, pull, grip, reach, kneel, crouch using good body mechanics; Walk, sit, stand, climb stairs; Hand movements.

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