Bank Animal Care Assistant

2 months ago

Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom The Aurora Group Full time

Overview

and Responsibilities

Bank Animal Care Assistant (Holiday Cover)

Location:  Cranborne, Dorset 

Hours : Holiday cover only. 2/3 hours per day, including weekends

Hourly Rate : £. - £. per hour (depending on experience) + .5% holiday pay

At Aurora Boveridge College , we prepare our students for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes leading to independent living with employment or further study. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.

Aurora Boveridge College is a beautiful manor house that has been converted into an exceptional college. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Aurora Boveridge College sits in acres of listed gardens and a wider -acre campus, located in the Dorset countryside near the village of Cranborne. The college facilities include multi-use sports areas, beautifully manicured gardens, a forestry school, indoor and outdoor therapy spaces, horticulture and animal care spaces, a motor vehicle workshop and much more. 

The main purpose of the role:

We have a number of animals at Boveridge College including Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, Alpacas, Chickens and Hamsters. The role of the Animal Care Assistant will be to ensure the wellbeing of our animals during the College holidays.

Key duties:

Ensuring that the animals are cleaned, fed and checked on a daily basis throughout the College holidays Report any concerns to the Head of Care and where necessary make appointments and take unwell animals to the vets for treatment Refilling food and water daily Cleaning their shelters/hutches on a weekly basis Ensuring all animals and are cared for appropriately The Goats and Sheep will need to be checked for fly strike in the warmer months and administer Ectofly. Goats and Sheep will also require regular worm counts to be taken (faeces sent to the vets) and heptavac jab once a year.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

Experience of looking after a wide range of animals Good interpersonal and team working skills. Excellent written and verbal Literacy skills. Be able to meet the demands of what can be physically challenging work at times. Be able to work within a rota pattern including unsocial hours and weekends. Depending on the location/nature of some provisions, the role may require a full valid driving licence

Benefits and Additional Information

Apply/Enquiries:
If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">  

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 4 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

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