Driver/Direct Support Professional (#024)

Job Description

Job Description

Driver

Department: Community Support Services (CSS)

Job Location: Various within Platte County, MO

Job Shift:  Monday to Friday, 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm(daily)

Job Purpose: The Driver is responsible for safely driving persons-served to/from day programs and employment services

Status: Non-Exempt Employee

QUALIFICATIONS for Driver:

• High school diploma, GED / HiSET
• Age 21 or older
• Valid Class E Driver’s License and Good Driving Record
• Successful Background Screen
• Eligibility to Work in the U.S.
• Must be able to pass and maintain required trainings such as CPR/First Aid, etc.

Promotes the PCBS Mission

• Embodies the PCBS Vision, Mission, and Values Statements
• Supports a Person Centered philosophy
• Supports persons served to lead their healthy, clean, and safe lifestyle that meets their preferences.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS for Driver:

• Drive persons-served to/from day programs, employment, and community activities
• Complete all maintenance checklists as needed and communicate maintenance and repair needs to Transportation Facilitator
• Ensure safety of passengers by assuring compliance with agency rules, seat belt use and obeying all traffic laws
• Lift, transfer and physically assist persons-served as needed
• Accurately document in mileage and attendance logs
• Perform one emergency drill per quarter
• Attend and pass all required training courses when scheduled

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS for Driver:

• Ensure compliance with HIPAA and Title VI regulations
• Wash vehicle and clean interior
• Update vehicle notebooks with required materials, keep accurate mileage logs
• Attend all meetings and agency functions as required.
• Perform all other duties assigned by supervisor(s).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORKING CONDITIONS for a Driver:

• Extended periods of driving agency vehicles, standing and walking, with some sitting.
• Will regularly require heavy lifting, and occasional kneeling, stooping, crouching, or bending as appropriate
• Will possibly require physical intervention as trained in CPI if confronted by a person displaying combative or potentially dangerous behavior
• Highway/vehicle and home/yard environment with noise from persons-served, appliances, power tools, and other vehicles.
• Will have use of computer and other devises with screens for communication, tracking services, clocking in/out for timesheet
• Possibility of exposure to petroleum products, cleaning supplies, bloodborne pathogens and other communicable diseases, parasites