Small Animal Care Volunteer - North Wales

Small Animal Care Support (Small Animal Care Support - North Wales)

Do you have a passion for rabbits, birds, rodents, ferrets, guinea pigs, and lots of other small animals? Are you calm, patient and understanding?

Many of the small furry animals in our care have never experienced life in a loving home. Whilst they wait for that special someone who can give them a second chance of a forever home, they get lots of love, care and attention from the staff and volunteers at our animal centres.

Our small animal assistants play a vital role in looking after the furries in our care until they find a new home. They assist with the feeding and cleaning, ensuring dietary requirements are met, records are updated and any concerns are raised to the staff member on duty. You will also support with the cleaning of the small animal building.

You’ll be working as part of a team and have some experience and knowledge of the behaviours of small animals, however we’ll provide you with full training.

You’ll make friends and meet new people, caring for animals whilst they wait for a new home. You may have lots of experience with small animals, or maybe you would like a pet but your lifestyle or home doesn’t quite suit at the moment. This could be the perfect role for you. Click apply to tell us more about you.

Please note that some centres may require you to be aged 18 years or over.

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We are the RSPCA and it's our vision to live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion. Our volunteers are incredible, they play an essential role in helping us carry out our important animal welfare work every day.
Many of the animals in our care have never experienced life in a loving, family home. This is a key role to help us care for small animals whilst they are looking for new homes.

• Providing food and water
• Cleaning the animal accommodation
• Checking to see if the animals are happy and healthy
• Restocking supplies
• Washing food trays etc

• You’ll need to be aged 16 or over - some centres may require you to be aged 18 years or over.
• Volunteers will need to be able to work alone and carry out physical tasks
• Be happy working with hay, fur and feathered animals
• A passion for animal welfare

• Meet new people and make new friends
• Learn great new skills to add to your CV
• A great induction and training relevant to your role
• Volunteer in a fun environment at the heart of the local community
• You’ll be making a huge difference to the welfare of animals
• We are happy to reimburse any reasonable travel expenses you may incur whilst volunteering with us

Our voluntary roles are subject to an informal interview and trial period. We will ask you to provide contact details for two referees. Before you can start volunteering you’ll need to complete our simple online Health & Safety assessment. At the RSPCA we don’t want you to be out of pocket by volunteering, so we are happy to reimburse any agreed out of pocket expenses you incur whilst volunteering.

Tetanus is a life threatening bacterial disease caused by an infection in an open wound. In view of this everyone should be vaccinated to prevent infection and we require that all RSPCA staff and volunteers must be suitably protected. Tetanus vaccination is carried out in infancy (3 doses), at pre-school and in adolescence so everyone should have had 5 doses by the time adulthood is reached.

This is considered to give lifelong protection although a booster might be considered if an injury is deemed to be high risk. We request that volunteers must check their vaccination history with their GP’s and if fully immunised no further action is required. If a volunteer has not had the required doses, the GP should offer them free of charge as part of the UK vaccination schedule.