Animal Welfare Assistant - Noah's ART
This grid shows when you can volunteer for this organisation. E.G Monday morning.
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● Help clean out the animal enclosures and maintain a healthy environment.
● Prepare animal enclosures, including food, water and suitable enrichment.
● Contribute to animal health checks and socialisation plans.
● Handle the animals confidently.
● Recognise the signs of stress in the animal you are supporting and identify strategies to reduce their stress.
● Be confident in performing a welfare check on your animal and report any issues noted to staff
● Report any incidents such as nipping, biting toward self, clients or other animals etc.
● Bathe and groom animals and clip nails if required.
● Act as an advocate for an animal that may not be suitable or ready to work in the therapy environment.
● Help maintain animal care records.
● Contribute to decisions about an animals suitability for therapy work and to allocate them into a suitable category
We will provide on the job training, a volunteer induction and access to supervision if needed.
We also provide invaluable training opportunities in a variety of areas with ourselves and other organisations.
We will pay travel expenses and other expenses within reason (to be discussed with a member of staff)