Driver

Starting Wage Range: $18.86/hr. - $24.07/hr.

Job Summary:

Provides safe transportation to our Main Street Recovery residents for various activities and events. Provides driving services for Main Street Recovery Residents.

Essential Functions:

• Provides safe transportation for Main Street Recovery Residents to but not limited to events, day trips, overnight trips, and recovery meetings.
• Provides assistance in the Recovery House as needed.
• Helps Safety Techs with other duties as assigned.
• Assures vehicles are cleaned on a weekly basis.
• Reports any concerns about residents to the Recovery House Manager immediately.
• Ensures residents are safe during transports.
• Transports residents to medical appointments and recovery meetings as needed.
• Provides assistance to residents that have been transported to events making sure they have what they need through the entire event.
• Maintains proper fluid levels in vehicles used, and reports any mechanical problems to the proper person.
• Documents all transportations of residents in the appropriate paperwork.
• Documents any incidents immediately and contacts supervisor.
• Works closely with the Recovery House Program Manager in other duties as needed.

• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Requires one (1) year of experience working with the elderly population or closely related experience.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe’s vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• If employee is in recovery, must have 2 years of sobriety.
• Basic kitchen knowledge preferred.
• Must have ability to obtain a CPR/First Aid certificate within 60 days of hire.
• Must have ability to obtain a Food Handler’s card within 60 days of hire.
• Ability to drive in various conditions and time of day.
• Must have the ability to receive and understand direction and communicate with staff.
• Must be dependable and team oriented.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• This position is often subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is frequently subject to outside environmental conditions.

• Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan. 

• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

• Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.