Travel Trainer

Job Details

Directorate: Adult Social Care and All Age Commissioning

Section: All Age Commissioning

Location: Civic Centre

Grade: Level 5

Salary: £26,403 - £28,598 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

This advert is open to both internal and external applicants.

Stoke on Trent City Council is seeking a motivated and compassionate Independent Travel Trainer to support children, young people, and/or adults with additional needs to travel safely and confidently using public transport.

This rewarding role helps promote independence, improve life skills, and reduce reliance on specialist transport services. You will deliver structured travel training programmes tailored to individual needs, enabling participants to access education, employment, and community activities independently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess individuals’ travel training needs and develop personalised training plans
• Deliver one-to-one practical travel training in real-life settings
• Teach road safety, personal safety, route planning, and use of public transport
• Support individuals to build confidence and decision-making skills
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure safeguarding procedures are followed
• Liaise with families, carers, schools, colleges, and other professionals
• Maintain accurate records and monitor progress against agreed outcomes
• Promote equality, inclusion, and person-centred practice

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience working with individuals with SEND, learning disabilities, autism, or additional needs
• Has knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessment practices
• Is patient, resilient, and confident working independently in community settings
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Can manage their own caseload effectively

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

[Employer hidden] values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.

Company

About us

[Employer hidden] is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents. Our city comprises of six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.

Our city

Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery.

Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a strong sense of civic pride - we’ve been voted the kindest city in the UK – and a place where you’ll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated ‘world capital of ceramics’. But we don’t just want to celebrate our proud past – we firmly believe that Stoke-on-Trent’s best years are ahead of it. We are determined to raise aspirations and match them with high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.

Rewards and benefits

When you work for [Employer hidden] you’ll be helping to improve the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We’ll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including; a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes just to name a few. We also have access to lifestyle benefits which offer a wide range of discounts such as family days out, travel, retail and many more.

Our commitment to you

Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent’s greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. And we must ensure that our decisions and policies nurture and empower communities across our city and do not inadvertently disadvantage groups and individuals that we want to help to thrive.

Our approach to Equality and Diversity is an invitation to all our communities to work with and for us so we can continue to improve how we deliver services residents need.

Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar lived experiences. They allow staff to meet, support and mentor each other, alongside being a voice for under-represented groups to advise and support the organisation when developing policies and services.

Notes for applicants

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