🚐 Bus Chauffeur (Gatton)
Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.
This volunteer opportunity will help to make a meaningful difference by providing safe and reliable transport for clients attending the Day Respite Centre.
🌟 Be part of a welcoming and diverse volunteer teams that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting people to live life in all its fullness by valuing and respecting the unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions of every person, and by creating an inclusive, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong. 🌟
You will play an essential role in helping clients get to and from the centre, allowing them to participate in social activities and enjoy their day with ease.
📍Location: BlueCare | Gatton & Lockyer Valley Community Care, 8 Dawson Drive, Gatton QLD 4343
👉🏼 About Us: Our Day Respite Centre offers a range of activities for clients to enjoy, providing social interaction, care, and companionship. As a volunteer driver, you’ll be a key part of the team by transporting clients safely from their homes to the centre and back, making their day smoother and more enjoyable.
✅ What you’ll be doing:
- Driving the respite bus to pick up clients from their homes and drop them off at the centre
- Assisting with the return trip by driving clients back home after the day’s activities
- Providing friendly and supportive assistance to clients during transportation
🎁 What’s in it for you?
- Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference
☑️ Requirements of this role include:
- Valid Driver’s License (C Class)
- Reference checks
- National Police check
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
▪ Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
▪ Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
▪ Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
▪ Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.
️❤️ UnitingCare’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Child Safety Statement ❤️
*UnitingCare is committed to child-safe practices and to building a volunteer workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. To ensure our team mirrors the diversity of the children in our care, We actively invite
volunteers from all backgrounds, including young people (15–24 years), people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and older people seeking purpose and connection.*
UnitingCare is committed to equitable access and will provide reasonable adjustments to support all applicants. Please advise us of any accessibility requirements at the time of your interview.