Driver

• Joint Dementia Initiative

• VO100305

We are an award winning service who really work hard towards ensuring our service users with dementia have the best day possible. This starts at pick up. We are looking for 3 voluntary drivers who would be comfortable working with this client group. Any person interested would be a valuable member of our team and we would always ensure they were given the support required. We would also ensure the driver was introduced to a service user and possibly family before they started with pick ups. There may be occasions when we would need to use an escort. This would mean picking one of our carers up before travelling for a service user/s. A driver for us would get to know our carers very well and would always be welcome to stay on for a cuppa or a chat if they so wished.
We are looking for drivers who would be available around 9.30am to pick up and transport to one of our venues. There would then be return journeys around 3pm although we do have a couple of mens groups (Tuesday and Thursday) when they are returning home at 3.30pm. If possible it would be great if a driver was available during the day however this would be preplanned (out for lunch). There may be multiple pick ups and drop offs on each day.

Any driver would have to be PVG checked.

Later in the year we will be looking to open a couple of evenings and weekends (wont be all day). This will be a new service which is much needed for the people with Dementia in the Falkirk area. There will be occasions when families will be in a position to transport however a voluntary driver would also be required. We do not have a start date for this as yet.
We cover the Falkirk Area from Boness to Slamannan.

Experience required

Good communication skills. We would be expecting drivers to interact with service users. Possibly a knowledge of dementia although we would always ensure the driver had some background knowledge regarding each person. Ability to treat service users with dignity and respect and understand that their behaviours can be due to their diagnosis.

Travel details

Base is Dollar Park, Falkirk and Dundas Resource Centre, Grangemouth.

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Minimum age: 18

Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
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