Volunteering Opportunity: Volunteer Mini Bus Drivers with Hertsmere Mencap

Hertsmere Mencap is a small charity supporting adults and children with a learning disability.
We run a daily activities programme, a weekly evening social club, a youth club (evenings), and a children’s holiday club.
We employ 5 part-time staff, assisted by sessional workers and a strong team of dedicated volunteers.
We are looking for volunteer mini bus drivers to join a rota to drive our members to our Tuesday evening social club in Borehamwood and Thursday evening social club in St Albans

Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment

District: Hertsmere, St Albans

Location: Outdoor

Time of day: Weekday Evenings, Casual or Intermittent

Practical Considerations: Covered in job description

Requirements: Will require a criminal record check (DBS), Driving licence, Can drive a minibus

Requirements (additional): n/a

Suitable for: Aged 26 and over, University students

Suitable for volunteers interested in: Driving & Transportation, Learning Disabilities 

Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: Yes

Full Description:
We run a minibus, mainly used to take members to and from social clubs in Borehamwood and St Albans. You will join a rota of volunteer drivers so that you will only be asked to drive once every few weeks.

Job Title: Volunteer Driver
Hours: As required, average of 4-5 hours/month in the evening and occasionally in the daytime

Background: Applicant will have a clean driving licence and several years experience of driving vehicles. Experience of driving a minibus is helpful. If your licence was issued before 1997, it should allow you to drive D1 vehicles (up to 16-seater minibus as per our one). If issued in 1997 or later, you will need to take a driving test to cover you to drive a D1 vehicle.

The applicant will be required to have a DBS check to work with vulnerable children and/or adults

Key Tasks
 Collect members from their homes (in Borehamwood) and drive the minibus to their club in Borehamwood, St Albans or Hatfield
 Club times
 Magpie (St Albans) 7.30-9.30pm every other Thursday
 Jubilee (Borehamwood) 7.00-9pm every Tuesday
 Jimmy Macs (Hatfield) 7.30-9.30pm every other Friday
 Collect members from club and drive back to drop them off at their homes
 Assist, where necessary, to help people on and off the minibus
 Assist, where necessary, to take members to their front door or at least ensure they are safe when going to their front door
 Ensure the members interests are at the heart of everything we do.
 Ensure members can trust, feel safe and have confidence in the support we provide

Personal Attributes
The ability to create friendly, relaxed and constructive relationships with people with a learning disability – be a good communicator, a good driver and be ready to take part in – or start – a singalong!