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About Nexus Family Recovery Center

Nexus Family Recovery Center is a Dallas-based nonprofit dedicated to helping women and families heal from substance use disorder. We provide a comprehensive continuum of care, from detox through residential and outpatient treatment, rooted in trauma-informed, evidence-based practice and a deep belief that recovery is possible for everyone we serve.

At Nexus, our culture is built on the same values we bring to our clients: respect, compassion, and integrity. Our team is made up of professionals who are serious about the work and about each other, and we are committed to building a workplace where staff feel supported, valued, and able to grow.

We back that commitment with meaningful benefits. Full-time employees receive fully covered health insurance premiums - no cost to you for your own coverage. Coverage is also available to dependents at a cost.


If you're looking for work that matters, a team that shows up, and an organization that invests in the people doing the hard work, then we'd love to meet you.
Summary

Responsible for transporting clients to and from Nexus, including medical appointments, court appearances, CPS visits, and other approved activities, as needed. This position ensures timely pickups and drop offs. The driver maintains transportation logs, follows agency policies, and communicates effectively with staff regarding scheduling and client needs.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides safe transportation for clients to and from scheduled and/or unscheduled appointments off site, as needed.
• Ensures van interiors are kept clean.
• Ensures vans have gas for other drivers.
• Performs vehicle safety checks and reports any maintenance needs or concerns to their direct supervisor and to the Director of Operations.
• Maintains all vans by taking them to be cleaned regularly and/or serviced as needed.
• Pick up medications or other items as needed.
• Upon arriving on shift, coordinate with the RA2 and review the transportation log for the day.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
• Minimum 1-2 years of professional driving experience preferred, but not required.

Competencies

• Safe driving practices: follows traffic laws and maintain a clean driving record.
• Consistently arrives on time and adheres to transportation schedule(s).
• Confidentiality: understands and protects client privacy.
• Crisis awareness: recognizes signs and symptoms of distress, escalation, or impairment and promptly notifies appropriate staff.
• Documentation: accurately completes transportation logs, mileage reports, vehicle inspections, and incident documentation, as needed.

Qualifications & Responsibilities

• A valid Texas driver's license and a clean driving record
• Respects confidentiality always.
• Follows HIPAA and CFR 42 guidelines for disclosing information.
• Adheres to the agency's compliance plan, code of conduct, and the Nexus policies & procedures.
• Treats all clients, visitors, and co-workers with dignity and respect.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to conduct instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to perform assigned duties and responsibilities with neatness, accuracy, and a degree of excellence, promptly.
• Ability to work at the maximum capacity of all required expectations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. As a condition of continued employment, you are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all training required to stay in compliance with state licensure rules and regulations.
Physical Demands & Work Environment

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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; navigate stairs, sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.