Volunteer Driver (Chichester Centre)

If you enjoy driving, meeting new people and would like to help your local community we welcome you to join us as a Volunteer Driver.

Under the guidance of the team you will provide non-emergency transport for our patients wishing to get to appointments. This maybe returning to visit home, access a health appointment or to participate in a leisure activity.

As a Volunteer Driver, you will offer reassurance and engage in conversation as appropriate during the journeys. Volunteers will drive a Trust vehicle with a Trust staff escort.

To become a Volunteer Driver, you will need to:

• Be 21 years old +

  Have a minimum of 2 years driving experience

• Hold a valid, full clean UK driving licence
• Have fully comprehensive insurance with business use cover
• Provide evidence of an eye test within the past 2 years
• Able to use a mobile phone
• Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (funded by the trust)

• Complete online and in-person mandatory training

  In addition, you may also be required to have a basic driving assessment from the local service.

What skills do I need?

• Driving skills Safe and careful driver
• Physically fit for getting in and out of vehicles and loading and unloading
• Able to navigate around an area using sat nav or maps
• Able to keep to a schedule
• Well presented, with a friendly and approachable manner and good verbal communication skills
• An ability to be patient and calm even in the face of difficult situations
• An ability to act on own initiative within the role description 

When do I need to be available?

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Details

Volunteer days are flexible and volunteering hours would be between 9am and 5pm, up to 10 hours per week.

Where does this role take place?