Driver

PURPOSE:

The Mishkon Division provides support and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings.

Our core values are providing a healthy and safe environment that promotes person-centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Drives company vehicle to support functions in the transport of staff, residents, families, and tasks for financial operations of them and campus as well as for the transport of children and staff on short trips, i.e. shopping, camping, etc.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Transport individuals to/from day programs.
• Transport/accompany individuals on medical appointments.
• Establish weekly schedule for transporting consumers to appointments in conjunction with Residence Manager.
• Ensure general maintenance and cleanliness of vans, e.g. fill vans regularly with gas, check oil/fluids, empty garbage, clean windows, check flashlights, first aid kits, etc.,).
• Provides transport of work associated with Fiscal North, Business Office, and other support operations i.e. Maintenance.
• Other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Responsible decision-making
• Safe driving skills.
• Knowledge of NYC driving Laws and regulations.

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Valid driver’s License to drive bus or another vehicle.
• Given the DMV requirements for 12 passenger vans, a CDL (Commercial Driver License) is desired.
• Experience as a driver.
• Poses a government issued driver’s license.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• 5 years or more driving experience.
• Preferred language is English.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Basic computer skills required.

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• Travel in the community with residence utilizing agency vehicle.
• Must be able to drive in the evening hours.
• Must have good visual acuity.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• Able to lift 50 pounds with assistance.
• Bending to secure seatbelt for persons in wheelchairs.
• Ability to use wheelchair lift.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.