Kennel Assistant Volunteer (Every other Monday - 4.00pm - 8.00pm)

Kennel Assistant Volunteer (Every other Monday - 4.00pm - 8.00pm)

Are you interested in working with animals and looking for a chance to put your practical experience and skills to use? If cleaning and preparing kennels, restocking and helping us monitor and care for our pet patients is something that appeals, our animal hospital is looking for volunteers just like you.

Volunteer role

Kennel Assistant Volunteer

Volunteer manager

Volunteer Coordinator

Where you will be based

Hospital

Why we want you

Blue Cross has four animal hospitals, helping over 30,000 pets a year whose owners can't afford private veterinary fees. The hospitals require a wide range of roles and skills to ensure their smooth day to day running. Your support will ensure that our pets have the best care possible and that our kennels area runs smoothly.

We would love you to join us and help us help pets in need.

What you will be doing

• Helping with daily tasks in kennels including cleaning floors and pens, washing food bowls and restocking
• Helping in the laundry
• Feeding cats and dogs
• Enrichment activities and grooming

The skills you need

• Regular commitment and reliability
• Lots of experience of owning or caring for dogs and/or cats and an interest in their welfare
• Animal care qualification or kennels experience would be an advantage
• Ability to work in a team or alone
• Willingness to learn and follow Blue Cross procedures

What's in it for you

• You'll be helping pets to have happy, healthy lives
• Increase your skills, knowledge and understanding of pet welfare in a busy veterinary hospital environment
• Enhance your CV
• We'll provide you with all the training you need, and access to Blue Horizons, our online learning platform
• An active role
• You'll be helping pets in need

Disclaimer

We will provide significant training for this rewarding but in depth role. Due to this, it's therefore more suited to individuals looking for a longer-term volunteering role. You need to be 18 or over for this role. Blue Cross holds inclusion as a core organisational value. We positively encourage applications from eligible volunteers regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. We actively embrace our differences and know that it is our differences that make us unique. You are very welcome at Blue Cross, without the need to hide any part of who you are.

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