Animal Care Assistant (Cornwall)

Cinnamon; Hayle; Remote; GBP 16,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Poldarves Farm Sanctuary near Hayle, Cornwall, seeks an Animal Care Assistant to join our compassionate team. You will help care for residents, provide love, comfort and enrichment every day.

You will perform daily cleaning, grooming and outdoor duties, with training provided to ensure high welfare standards across the sanctuary.

Experience with animals is valued; a positive, patient attitude is essential to support the sanctuary’s calm environment and to engage with local wildlife.

Qualifications

• Love of animals and a caring nature are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage welfare and comfort of each resident, while maintaining high hygiene standards across the sanctuary.
• Daily cleaning, grooming, lifting, bending and outdoor duties are required.

Job description

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A fantastic job opportunity has become available at our Poldarves Farm Sanctuary near Hayle, Cornwall!

We are looking for a caring, animal lover to join our team at Poldarves Farm Sanctuary.

A fantastic job opportunity has become available at our Poldarves Farm Sanctuary near Hayle, Cornwall!

We are looking for a caring, animal lover to join our team at Poldarves Farm Sanctuary.

The sanctuary offers a home-from-home environment for all our residents. You will be required to provide and maintain a high standard of care and quality of life for all sanctuary residents. To offer love, comfort, stimulation, compassion, stability and security to all residents as well as looking out for the local wildlife, ensuring the environment is the perfect sanctuary for all.

Under direction, you will be responsible for managing the welfare and comfort of each resident, whilst also maintaining consistently high standards of hygiene for each pet and throughout the sanctuary with daily cleaning duties.

There are many physical elements including cleaning, grooming, lifting residents, bending and working outdoors, so the capability to carry out all such tasks is essential.

A love of animals, together with the commitment and dedication needed to enrich their time at the sanctuary is essential. Full training will be given.

Ready to make a difference?