Volunteer Role Description for Location Main contact Volunteer

Volunteer Role Description for: Location: Main contact: Volunteer Groomer SHREWSBURY CENTRE Helen Downing. Volunteer coordinator Purpose of the role: To help the staff insure the dogs in our care feeling their best and ready for their new homes. Skills/experience required: Grooming experience is very important. Key tasks: To bath and groom the dogs to their individual needs. To spend time with some dogs to get them use to being groomed so they see it as a positive experience. Dog behaviour knowledge is very important. To be happy to work along the staff if the dog would be happier and also on your own with the dog. To work with the dogs In a gentle way and to stop if the dog wants a break. Passion for dog welfare. Confident and friendly manor Knowledge of dogs trust – this will be given Time commitment: One morning or afternoon a week. Ideally. Or twice a month. Volunteer Appointment Process: 1. Volunteer application form 2. Selection (successful / unsuccessful) 3. Induction session and tour of centre 4. Three month review

Volunteer Role Description for: What you can expect from Dogs Trust as a volunteer: • A staff member main contact who will manage your tasks, answer your questions. • Induction and ongoing role-specific training, guidance and support. • Ongoing role-specific training, guidance and support. • An opportunity to feed back to your main contact about your experience of volunteering with Dogs Trust. • Recognition of the role that you are carrying out in support of Dogs Trust through our Volunteer Merits Scheme. • Opportunities to try new things and learn new skills, where appropriate. Volunteer Administrator A message from the CEO Without our dedicated volunteers we couldn’t hope to achieve as much as we do for the dogs in our care; the support from our volunteers is absolutely vital to our work. The work that volunteers help us with may not always be easy, but I know that volunteering with Dogs Trust is a rewarding experience. Adrian Burder Chief Executive What we expect from our volunteers: • Support Dogs Trust in its work and carry out your volunteer role to the best of your ability. • Complete a volunteer induction session, this will be held at your location, and complete any other additional training as required. • Make new people welcome and work well within the team. • Recognise the importance of our members, sponsors and donors in supporting the work of Dogs Trust. • Ensure you are presentable at all times. • Support Dogs Trust procedures and standards by: • Being aware of your own health and safety and of that of others. • Respecting others and treating people equally in line with our Equal Opportunities Policy. • Ensure all activities undertaken in the name of Dogs Trust achieve the charitable aims and objectives and do not bring the organisation into disrepute. • Be accountable and accept constructive comments. • Maintain confidentiality regarding Dogs Trust activity, the dogs in our care and our team. • Meet time commitments and standards agreed, and give reasonable notice when unavailable, so other arrangements can be made. • Be a positive representative of Dogs Trust, ensuring you are polite and friendly to all visitors to the centre. Dogs Trust Shrewsbury Roden lane farm Roden Telford TF 6 6 BP E: helen. downing@dogstrust. org. uk T: 01952 770225 @: www. dogstrust. org. uk Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. Through our network of 20 rehoming centres across the UK and one in Ireland we care for almost 17, 000 abandoned and unwanted dogs a year. No healthy dog is ever destroyed.