Driver Transporting Students

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

About Our Facility: JTC Academy was developed out of an intense need for programming that combines academics with therapeutic programming for youth having mental and acute behavioral health challenges that have often manifested into unmanageable, destructive and highly inappropriate behaviors. As a result, youth are often suspended or expelled, inappropriately placed, or placed in programs that only meet part of the youth’s needs. Research and statistics indicate that when youth experience these types of experiences eventually culminating a life of hopelessness, starting with drop out or falling through the cracks, and leading to a bleak future, a cycle of failure, homelessness and criminal behavior.

Position Summary: JTC Academy drivers are responsible for operating school buses and vans following the safest and most efficient routes possible given the location of the children and the school as determined with the staff person in charge of transportation. Other responsibilities include obeying all applicable laws and regulations to ensure the safety of passengers; ensuring the bus is empty at the end of each run and that all children are accounted for; knowing the routes, locations of stops, and which children should board at each; and monitoring and maintaining a clean and functional vehicle at all times. Other duties as assigned by management.

Working Conditions:

• Physical Effort: Mental/visual stress related to viewing of computer screens and printed material for prolonged periods. Lifting limited to a box of forms weighing 7-8 pounds. Prolonged periods of sitting. May experience stress related to productivity requirements.
• Work Environment: Normal office environment with limited exposure to health or accident hazards. Note: We are a therapeutic residential treatment facility and at times, it can be noisy and stressful. This position has no interactions with youth.
• Equipment Used: Computer, telephone, printer, calculator, fax machine, and copy reproduction equipment
• At JTC, we have a positive, family oriented working approach while treating each other with respect.

Requirements: Any CDL holder who will or already drives a yellow school bus to transport pre-primary, primary or secondary school students from home to school, from school to home, or to and from school-sponsored events must obtain a School Bus Endorsement (S). A School Bus Endorsement. The School Bus Endorsement is required for this position. The CDL School Bus Endorsement (S) is a federal CDL endorsement and is not the same as the State of Illinois School Bus Permit (SBP) program. The CDL Driver hired for this position must also possess the Passenger Endorsement (P) on their license as it is a requirement in the State of Illinois for all School Bus Drivers of a yellow school bus to have both the S and P Endorsements. Any driver who transports school children 12th grade or below on behalf of a school or school bus company to/from school or for any curriculum based activities must have an SBP. This SBP requirement is mandatory regardless of the size of the vehicle.

SBP Requirements: Be age 21 or older.

• Possess a valid and properly classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
• Successfully pass a written Passenger Endorsement (P) and a written School Bus Endorsement (S) exam administered by the Secretary of State.
• Successfully pass a skills/drive test in a yellow school bus of the proper class for which the driver will be using the Passenger and School Bus Endorsements.
• Affirm under penalty of perjury that you have not made a false statement or knowingly concealed a material fact in any application for a School Bus Endorsement.
• Not have been repeatedly involved as a driver in motor vehicle accidents or repeatedly convicted of offenses that indicate disrespect for traffic laws.

JTC Academy Requirements

DCFS Criminal Background Check, FBI Background Check, Drug Screening, Sex Offender Registry Check, Verification of College

Physical Elements Required:

• Lifting and carrying 5-7 pounds, be without physical limitation that would impair ability to fulfill the functions of the position. Must have sufficient mobility, physical stamina to travel all over facility and to participate in a therapeutic crisis intervention full, prone restraint.
• Frequent bending, stooping kneeling, and reaching, stretching;
• Standing for long periods of time;
• Work requires the ability to work both indoors and outdoors

Mental Performing Elements

• Must be without emotional limitations that would impair ability to fulfill the functions of this job including freedom from substance abuse.
• Organizing and coordinating schedules and events in an organized manner
• Ability to maintain a calm demeanor
• Ability to work within a closed environment
• Ability to focus and maintain decorum

JTC Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We not only do not discriminate against applicants based on culture, age, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, and socio-economic status, but welcome and encourage these applicants to apply. Veterans and people who have disabilities are also strongly encouraged to apply for this position.