School Bus Guide

Contract Type: Permanent, Term time only

Hours per week: 20 hours per week, 4 hours per day - (07:45-09:45 hrs and 14:45-16:45 hrs)

Salary Range: Band B, Points 3-5; £20,812- £21,575 per annum pro rata. Actual Pay:- £9,644 to £9,998 per annum, (£10.79 - £11.18 per hour).

Work Location: Borough of Solihull – including Chelmsley Wood, Kingshurst, Solihull, Shirley and some cross-border travel in to Birmingham areas.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 17 April 2022; 9:00 am

INTERVIEW DATE: Week Commencing: 17 April 2023 (to be confirmed)

Solihull Academy Trust is an alternative provision where we provide innovative solutions for a number of students for whom mainstream education is simply not working (for a range of reasons). In our short lifetime thus far we have grown considerably and continue to expand as our provision evolves. We now consist of our main site: provision for year 9-11, The Mercury Centre, The Saturn Centre and The Pathfinder Centre (Year 7-8), and we welcomed Daylesford Academy to the Trust in September 2022..

We are looking for a School Bus Guide to escort pupils with learning and behavioural difficulties on a commissioned public bus to and from school. If you can spare a few hours in the morning and afternoon, term time only, you’ll give a child the chance to make the most of their day.

You will need a patient, caring and understanding approach to children. Your own transport may be needed to travel to the starting bus stops, but no driving of buses is required.

You will be expected to travel to the start of the bus route in Chelmsley Wood to pick up the commissioned bus service, and then travel through the bus route to pick up pupils at allocated bus stops en-route to school. You will then be dropped back to the starting point at Chelmsley Wood after you complete the morning shift. In the afternoon you will then be expected to travel to the starting point again to complete the afternoon shift to return pupils home from school. You will then be dropped back to the starting point after completing the afternoon shift.

If you are a team player who is interested in working with and being the difference for young people, please refer to our school website www.sa.solihull.sch.uk.   Application forms can be completed online within the application pack, or requested via HR@sa.solihull.sch.uk. AApplications can also be returned returned via email to HR@sa.solihull.sch.uk.

Alternatively, applications can be returned by post to: FAO Kat Dockery, Principal, Solihull Academy, The Quadrangle, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LE.

Only applications submitted on a Solihull Academy application form will be accepted. Please note that we do not accept CVs.

As an equal opportunities employer, and in accordance with our Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, we are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We aim to create a culture that encourages and values diversity, and that appoints, rewards, and promotes staff based on merit.

Solihull Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants, as well as two satisfactory references and other pre employment checks. We are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities academy and committed to actively promoting equal opportunities for all our staff and pupils. As part of the recruitment process we collect and process personal data relating to job applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use this data, meeting Data Protection Regulations in line with GDPR compliance.

We provide all members of staff who join Solihull Academy Trust with a full induction programme