Escort

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Various locations detailed below

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: per annum (prorata for part time)

Working Hours:up to 20 hours per week for school term time only or 52 weeks per annum 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon each day dependant on the run so can be slightly longer).

Contract Type: Casual

Closing Date: 31st July 2025

Interview Date(s): Various dates available

About the Role

We are currently looking to recruit a number of bus escorts for our Passenger Fleet Team.

Escorts are primarily responsible for transporting vulnerable adults and children with special educational needs including physical and /or learning difficulties to their School Day Centres and other activities.

Escorts will ensure (along with the driver) their passengers personal wellbeing and safe/secure travel at all times in accordance with the job description relevant Policies legislation Procedures and good practice.

If you enjoy working with people in a role that really makes a difference to peoples lives we would like to hear from you.

Current vacancy packages available:

Mountsorrel Depot 2 x 5 days a week Mon Friday (split shift 4 hours per day 20 hours per week school term time only.

Blaby Depot 1 x 5 days a week Mon Friday (split shift 4 hours per day 20 hours per week school term time only.

Blaby Depot 2 x Thur and Fri (split shift 4 hours per day 8 hours per week school term time only.

Sapcote Depot 1 x 12 Monday to Wednesday (split shift 4 hours per day 12 hours per week school term time only.

Nailstone Depot 2 x Mon Friday (split shift 4 hours per day 20 hours per week) 52 week contract

Melton Depot 1 x 5 days a week Mon Friday (split shift 4 hours per day 20 hours per week school term time only.

Loughborough Depot 1 x Mon Friday (split shift 4 hours per day 20 hours per week) 52 week contract

Plus: Casual contracts (as and when needed to cover absences) available at all depots.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of exoffenders please see our policy statement.

This role is a Safety Critical Post and consequently subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request.

About You

The post holder must have experience or knowledge in::

• Working facetoface with the general public within a service provision environment providing customer care and quality services
• Keeping written records / documentation in a neat and tidy manner and sufficiently numerate to complete
• Able to communicate effectively with people with varying capabilities including those with challenging behaviours.
• Ability with training to undertake a series of moving and handling operations associated with the transport of people and static loads
• Must be willing after training to administer first aid medication and rescue medication as and when required

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Lisa Weir Team Manager Passenger Fleet

Telephone: 0

Email:

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement that is no longer than 250 words as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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