Program Driver

Program Driver:

Part Time 15-20 hours a week with on call responsibilities

PURPOSE:

Functions as part of a therapeutic team providing support in a rehabilitative program to individuals residing in a Transitional Living Program and/or Emergency Youth Shelter Program. This position, Program Driver, provides safe driving services during the transportation of youth.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:

• Exemplifies an attitude and behavior that models the organization’s values to staff, program participants, service providers, and the community at large.

• Pick up bi-weekly food bank orders at Greater Pittsburgh Area Foodbank.
• Pick up monthly Sam’s Club orders.

• Transport youth to outpatient appointments
• Routine transport of youth to/from school
• Transport youth to/from court as needed.
• Transport youth to/from non-emergent medical care

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENT: Specific Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

A high school diploma or GED.
Must be 25 years of age or older.

Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Must have possessed a valid driver’s license for at least three years.

No “at fault” accidents in the last three years.

• ESSENTIAL JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE:
  CPR/1st Aid Certification (company will provide training)
  Basic Computer skills
• PREFERRED JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE:
  Basic computer experience
  Basic office skills for recording travel
  
• ORIENTATION:
  Complete both online and in-person training

Complete company-sponsored driving safety course

• YEARLY TRAINING:

40 hours mandated by OCYF.

• ADDITIONAL MANDATORY ANNUAL TRAINING:
  PA Mandated and Permissive Reporting
  Becoming Trauma Aware
  Project Starfish
  Safe Crisis Management
  PA Medication Administration

• CLEARANCES:
  FBI Clearance: (Completed every 3 years)
  PA State Police Background: (Completed every 3 years)
  PA Child Abuse Clearance (Completed every 3 years)
  Physical and TB Test (Completed Every two years)

• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
  Position requires the ability to work a flexible schedule.

WORKINGCONDITIONS:
Position involves possible exposure in the following harmful elements.

Element:Degree of Exposure (Occasional, Frequent, Continuous)

Blood/body fluids: Occasional

MISCELLANEOUS:
Each member of the Organization’s workforce may only access the minimum information that is necessary to perform that workforce member’s particular job functions. Due to the nature of the Organization’s Shelter and Independent Living Programs, workforce members will have access to information needed to all residents in the program where they are employed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

SUMMARY STATEMENT: The position outlined above is not meant to be limited to the tasks described, but merely to serve as a guideline for job performance.