Transportation Worker

Provide safe and efficient transport of clients to and from school, services, and parent/child visits, while keeping foster parents informed of scheduled services.

• Develops and manages daily transportation route for all youth receiving services.
• Maintains daily log of child/youth scheduled transportation times and safe delivery to pre-identified location.
• Transports clients to appointments, visits, and medical screenings as requested by Coordinator.
• Transports clients to medical screens per placement change.
• Transports clients to and from school when DCPS and CFSA are unavailable, or services are not approved; and informing foster parents of the time-of-service pick-up and/or arrival to the home.
• Provides transportation outside of normal (9am - 5pm) business hours, (i.e. placement disruptions, school).
• Arranges transportation with colleagues to be approved by supervisor when preparing to take leave or unable to provide service due to illness with sufficient notice.
• Greets all customers and assist with boarding transportation and securing young children in seat belts and car seats as appropriate.
• Reports all incidents to supervisor in a timely manner and required incident reports for approval.

• Other duties as assigned.
• Participates in full staff meetings.
• Provides administrative support to include deliveries and photo copying.

• Valid and violation-free driver’s license and driving history.
• High School Diploma/GED required with excellent customer service skills or combination of relevant education, training and work experience required.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills, verbal and written.
• Demonstrates detail orientation, record keeping skills, proven ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Demonstrated cultural competency and cultural responsiveness.
• Demonstrates commitment to teamwork, collaboration, and the Agency’s mission to progressively serve vulnerable families and youth.
• Must possess an attitude compatible with the goals and purposes of NCCF.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required y this job require close vision working with a computer monitor.

While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. While performing the responsibilities of the employee’s job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the employee will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.