Passenger and Driver Assistant

Organisation:
Sunshine Service Incorporated
Category:
Social Support
Hours:
Working Hours
Location:
Gisborne

The Sunshine Service provides transport within the city boundary for the elderly and people with disabilities to medical appointments and social/recreational activities.

Assistants are needed to help drivers transport our passengers around Gisborne in our Sunshine Service vehicles. This includes helping our passengers in and out of our vehicles - but we welcome our volunteers to have a friendly chat and a welcoming presence as they assist!

Our volunteers find their work very rewarding and enjoy getting to do a bit of travel around town. We have a welcoming friendly group of volunteers and we're introducing social events for our volunteers to participate in.

Requirements:
  • Trustworthy and reliable individuals
  • A great communicator
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • A reasonable level of fitness is required
  • Understand the importance of confidentiality

A Police background check is required for this role.

Time commitment:

Our assistants can choose to work a half day, or full day shift from 7:30am until late afternoon weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

You can choose to be rostered on a regular day a week/fortnight or just make yourself available to be called on.

Getting started:
The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.

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