Travel Trainer - Travel Training Service, Community Provisions
London Borough of Hounslow
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Hounslow
Contract type: Full time
About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our award-winning Travel Training Service, part of the Community Provisions service within Children and Adults directorate which provides independent travel training to adults with disabilities using all modes of public transport.
This support is provided by adults with lived experience who are employed as Travel Trainers. The service has been recognized as both unique and innovative and forms an essential part of Hounslow’s personalisation agenda.
We are looking for a dynamic and innovative individual who has good communication skills as well as a passion for making a difference! Taking a genuine interest in our Residents you will be responsible for protecting their welfare and ensuring they are safeguarded from harm at all times.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
As a team, we value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents.
Key Responsibilities:
What is expected from the successful candidate:
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email:
Telephone: 07903 870067
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 18th November 2024.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and wish to particularly encourage applications from candidates with a learning disability or autism, who are underrepresented within the service.
Email:
Telephone: 07903 870067
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 18th November 2024.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and wish to particularly encourage applications from candidates with a learning disability or autism, who are underrepresented within the service.
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our award-winning Travel Training Service, part of the Community Provisions service within Children and Adults directorate which provides independent travel training to adults with disabilities using all modes of public transport.
This support is provided by adults with lived experience who are employed as Travel Trainers. The service has been recognized as both unique and innovative and forms an essential part of Hounslow’s personalisation agenda.
We are looking for a dynamic and innovative individual who has good communication skills as well as a passion for making a difference! Taking a genuine interest in our Residents you will be responsible for protecting their welfare and ensuring they are safeguarded from harm at all times.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
As a team, we value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents.
Key Responsibilities:
- To work with their line manager to develop and implement travel training plans to support residents to become independent travellers, whilst undertaking necessary training relevant to the post.
- To offer physical and emotional assistance to residents who may require it and taking extra care when assisting residents on or off public transport. Travel Trainers must not move or handle residents beyond their capabilities. Appropriate methods of assistance must be used at all times.
- To be responsible for reporting any incidences, issues and concerns regarding their residents to their line manager as soon as possible.
- Reporting any challenging needs displayed by residents.
- Promptly communicating any concerns regarding travel for example, lateness, bus diversions, accidents, all changes to the original travel plan.
- Travel Trainers are also responsible for communicating their own lateness and sickness.
- In the event of an emergency, Travel Trainers should contact their manager immediately and give detailed description of what happened.
- To ensure that there is a travel plan for each journey by working with the line manager and sometimes with other Travel Trainers/ team members to complete route plans and risk assessments, whilst working split shifts, Mon-Sun, in line with service provision.
What is expected from the successful candidate:
- To have good knowledge of local transport networks and bus routes within the London Borough of Hounslow and within West London.
- To take an active role in independently travel training residents using a range of training techniques including Training in Systematic Instruction.
- To develop and maintain effective working relationships with residents and other stakeholders and to actively participate in the training of future Travel Training colleagues.
- To deliver a range of training to stakeholders promoting keeping safe in the community, safe travel and independent travelling skills and to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and scope of the post.
- Just be willing to study towards and achieve accredited training required to be a Travel Trainer. Previous experience of working with people with disabilities is desirable.
- Must be able to demonstrate use of basic IT systems and software with an appetite to learn new systems.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email:
Telephone: 07903 870067
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 18th November 2024.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and wish to particularly encourage applications from candidates with a learning disability or autism, who are underrepresented within the service.
Email:
Telephone: 07903 870067
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 18th November 2024.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and wish to particularly encourage applications from candidates with a learning disability or autism, who are underrepresented within the service.
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