Transportation Specialist

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account 
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Transports members ranging from birth up to age 18, and on occasion, members who may be over the age of 18, to and from appointments and visits with their families.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Transports members to and from their destination safely and within time requirements, following all driving and traffic laws.
• Assures that car seats and/or seat belts are in proper working condition, cleaned, and available, as necessary, to ensure that all members are securely fastened throughout the transport.
• Accompanies all members to their destination, not leaving them unattended until the designated responsible party arrive.
• Properly records services delivered to each member while maintaining accurate activity reports which are to be submitted to the Transportation Supervisor at the end of each day.
• Completes mileage report on a daily basis and provides the report to the Transportation Supervisor at the end of each day.
• Immediately verbally reports to the Transportation Supervisor any unusual incidents which occurred during the transport, and follows-up with a written report if requested.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

Requirements

Minimum Requirements: 

• High School Diploma/GED required. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Excellent customer service in stressful situations. Maintains a professional in appearance, communications, and actions. Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation): Field position visiting different sites or homes for member care. Will work outside and inside environments, as needed. Interacts with employees and members of the public on a daily basis. Able to lift up to 50lbs to support member care. Visual acuity to read information from computer screens, forms and to assess the wellbeing of members. Able to speak clearly in conversations, general communications and to communicate verbally with members and emergency personnel as needed for daily operations. Hearing ability for communication in persona, phone, and/or other electronic methods. Manual dexterity to assist members with paperwork and daily functions. Able to stoop, squat, reach, pull, push, stretch, ascend and descend stairs, stand and sit for long periods of time. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Additional Information: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, skills, job knowledge, responsibilities, and/or qualifications. EBF reserves the right to revise the job description or to assign other duties to this position. This job description is not intended to create a contract or property right to continued empl