Van Driver
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Alleghany Highlands Community Services
Clifton Forge, VA, US
Summary
The Van Driver is responsible for transporting individuals to various agency programs and appointments while ensuring their safety. Additionally, the role involves maintaining vehicle cleanliness, managing mileage and gasoline logs, and performing routine vehicle oversight.
Job Description
Alleghany Highlands Community Services provides services and support to individuals in our community with behavioral health challenges and intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Van Driver will provide transportation for members of the Day Support Program the Psychosocial Rehabilitation program, and other agency programs as needed; other duties to include assisting with the oversight of the maintenance of the program vehicles, maintain appropriate logs, maintaining cleanliness of the vehicles driver and to work with other assigned tasks as delegated by the program supervisor. Van drivers shall operate a 15-passenger vehicle/all agency vehicles in accordance with safe practices and procedures following AHCS Human Resources Driving Policy as well as transportation payor procedures. The incumbent reports to and is supervised by the program supervisor.
This position also provides Medicaid/other insurance/private pay, "curb to Curb" transportation services for, appointments at all AHCS facilities, health care offices within Alleghany County, and Medicaid approved employment locations. The requirement for flexibility in the incumbent's schedule, due to these appointments need at least 24-hour notice in scheduling.
REQUIREMENTS
- High School Diploma or GED (required)
- Valid Driver's License (required)
RESPONSIBILITIES
- To drive the agency van to transport individuals
- To assist individuals in entering and exiting the vehicles
- To maintain accurate and legible mileage and gasoline logs
- To take any and all precautions necessary to insure the safety of individual's being transported
BENEFITS
- Retirement Matching
Candidates who are offered a position must undergo a background check, including social services review, and drug screen. Virginia has restrictions on hiring individuals with certain convictions. Here is the list: http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/assets/doc/hr/biu/attachment-2rev072019.pdf - http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/assets/doc/hr/biu/attachment-2rev072019.pdf
The Alleghany Highlands Community Services Board is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals in our community with behavioral health challenges and developmental disabilities. AHCS is committed to preventing the occurrence of these conditions through an integrated community-based system of care. AHCS is committed to being responsive to individual needs and choices. Alleghany Highlands Community Services (AHCS) began in 1983 and is one of forty Community Services Boards and Behavioral Health Authorities established under the Code of Virginia to provide comprehensive services to individuals who have mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, or substance use disorders. As the publicly funded safety net for service delivery, we must continuously monitor and evaluate our cost for services as well as the effectiveness of what we do. AHCS operates multiple service sites throughout the Alleghany Highlands, with over 150 employees working to support our services. We are proud to have served our community for 37 years. AHCSB is accountable to and licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) for the quality of care and fiscal accountability of the programs under its jurisdiction.
AHCS is governed by a nine-person all-volunteer board appointed with members from each jurisdiction by local governing bodies – Alleghany County, Clifton Forge and the City of Covington. The Board members are people from the community with various occupations and interests who serve three-year terms of office.
Founded
1983
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Government Agency
Headquarters
Covington, Virginia
The Alleghany Highlands Community Services Board is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals in our community with behavioral health challenges and developmental disabilities. AHCS is committed to preventing the occurrence of these conditions through an integrated community-based system of care. AHCS is committed to being responsive to individual needs and choices. Alleghany Highlands Community Services (AHCS) began in 1983 and is one of forty Community Services Boards and Behavioral Health Authorities established under the Code of Virginia to provide comprehensive services to individuals who have mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, or substance use disorders. As the publicly funded safety net for service delivery, we must continuously monitor and evaluate our cost for services as well as the effectiveness of what we do. AHCS operates multiple service sites throughout the Alleghany Highlands, with over 150 employees working to support our services. We are proud to have served our community for 37 years. AHCSB is accountable to and licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) for the quality of care and fiscal accountability of the programs under its jurisdiction.
AHCS is governed by a nine-person all-volunteer board appointed with members from each jurisdiction by local governing bodies – Alleghany County, Clifton Forge and the City of Covington. The Board members are people from the community with various occupations and interests who serve three-year terms of office.
Founded
1983
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Government Agency
Headquarters
Covington, Virginia
