Home Visitor (VOLUNTARY)
Description:
A Home Visitor visits the homes of potential animal adopters,
ensuring their suitability to adopt an animal. They will then
re-visit the home to ensure the adoption has been a success.
Home Visitors talk to potential animal adopters to ensure
they have thought about the implications of owning a pet.
The Role: (home based)
The role will involve:-
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Attending a Home Visiting Workshop before undertaking any home
visits.
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Being familiar with the re-homing policies and practices.
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Making contact with potential adopter.
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Reporting the findings of the home visit to the Re-Homing
Co-ordinator.
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Completing the documentation regarding the visit.
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Working with fellow volunteers and staff as appropriate.
Skills:
You must be able to communicate effectively with people and
accurate completion of documents is essential. A friendly,
confident approach is also desirable as is experience of having
worked with animals or owning them. Training on the charity
will be given as required.
Hours:
You can commit as much or as little time as you like but be
prepared for unsocial hours such as weekends and evenings when
potential adopters are most likely to be at home.
Who:
This is a great role for those who enjoy meeting people but are
unable to commit to regular hours.
Current Vacancies:
Yes - You can choose to work in your own area or be flexible and
act as a trouble shooter filling gaps resulting from holidays,
sickness etc. Our area stretches from Totton to Emsworth and
North beyond Winchester. Mileage will be paid on
request.
About Us:
Moved to Stubbington, Fareham in 1987. Open 7 days a week –
10am-4pm. Although we are part of the RSPCA, we receive no
funding from them and we are totally self-funded. We provide
shelter for all manner of domestic animals, wildlife and exotics
within an area covering
400 miles. We have more than 500 animals on site at any one time.
RSPCA Solent Branch also runs a Veterinary Clinic in Southampton,
providing subsidised veterinary treatments for pets whose owners
are on reduced incomes. The Stubbington Ark has to raise just over
£3,000 per day to account for vet bills, food, heating, maintenance
of our 8 acre site, cleaning supplies and staff wages which are
just a
few of the expenses that we can only pay through the generosity of
the general public. |
