Carer Cover Driver

Bruce; Ditchling; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised uniform

LifeWorks membership

Bravo Benefits

Employee rewards and recognition

Pension

Free dog daycare for staff

Job summary

Bruce’s Doggy Day Care Ditchling Brighton is seeking a Part-Time Carer / Cover Driver for around 26.5 hours per week. You will care for dogs, transport them safely on Bruce’s Doggy Buses, and support enrichment activities.

A full UK driving licence with at least 5 years’ experience is required, along with a DBS check and excellent English communication for a customer-facing role.

Qualifications

• Must have full clean UK driving licence with at least 5 years' driving experience.
• DBS check is required to work with animals and customers.
• Be well presented, well spoken with good English and outstanding communication skills.
• Customer-facing role requiring friendly, pro-active service.

Responsibilities

• Care for dogs and transport to/from day care in Bruce’s Doggy Buses.
• Collaborate on weekly enrichment routines and update CRM with dog activities.
• Provide a positive environment and manage behaviour with guidance.
• Assist with bathing, washing and drying dogs as needed.
• Maintain a clean, safe and well-kept vehicle and site.

Skills

Good English

Communication skills

Customer service

Driving licence

DBS check

CRM usage

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Bruce's Doggy Day Care Ditchling Brighton

Carer/Cover Driver

Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for you at Bruce's Ditchling! We are currently recruiting for a Part-Time Carer / Cover Driver, for approximately 26.5 hours per week.

About the role:

We are now recruiting at our Bruce's Ditchling for a loyal, motivated full-time Carer Cover Driver who will love being surrounded by dogs, caring for their safe and healthy transportation to and from day care and provide our customers with outstanding service.

This is a customer facing role so you must be well presented, well spoken with good English and outstanding communication skills. Please note that a DBS is required and you must have a full clean UK licence as our company vehicles are manual and at least 5 years of driving experience.

As a carer you will be:

Bringing your curiosity and creativity to life by collaborating with colleagues to deliver our weekly enrichment routines in line with our enrichment calendar.

Uploading photos taken of our four legged friends to our CRM system and tagging individual dogs for our customers to see what they get up to at Bruce’s

Providing a positive environment which leads to happy dogs and creates an atmosphere where we can unleash happiness.

Keeping a watchful eye on behaviour, turning potential conflict into opportunities for positive interactions, also providing suggestions and ensuring behaviour management plans are followed.

Being a helping hand when it comes to bathing, washing and towelling dogs prior to drop off.

Setting up enriching environments and ensuring they are safely closed down at the end of the day.

Caring for the equipment, fields and site and keeping them maintained, safe and clean (this also includes cleaning up after the dogs).

As a cover driver you will:

• H elp out on routes often at short notice and also for holiday cover. The routes start off in the surrounding areas and entail transporting the dogs to and from our Centre in Ditchling. So you would preferably be from the Ditchlingarea as this is where the routes start and finish.

Safely transport dogs to and from Daycare in our Bruce’s Doggy Buses and caring for them in the fields at our centre.

Demonstrate our Values at all times; Caring, Reliable, Positive and Passionate

Safely loading and unloading dogs into and out of the doggy busses

Maintaining a clean, comfortable and hygienic doggy bus (including cleaning the dogs down when it's muddy!)

Ensure the safety of all dogs is never compromised whilst they remain in our care (leads, gates, speeding, cornering).

Bathing, washing and towelling dogs prior to drop off.

Check each dog’s notes before dropping off for any updates to give to customers

Ensure vehicle is roadworthy and legally compliant

Why work for us:

It goes without saying you will have lots of dogs to cuddle and play with. If you have your own dog they can come to work with you (as we provide staff with FREE dog day-care at Bruce's -providing tBruce’s is right for them). At Bruce’s we’re always striving to learn more about dogs and our staff receive training from our expert dog trainers as well as ongoing personal development with our Learning and Development partner.

Our benefits don’t stop there:

• Subsidised Muck Boots and free uniform
• Working in an idyllic, rural location
• Membership to LifeWorks, the world’s largest employee assistance programme
• Membership to Bravo Benefits our benefits platform to include cycle to work, retail discounts and loads more
• Employee rewards and recognition
• Pension contributions

About us:

At Bruce’s we unleash happiness and enrich dogs’ lives. Founded in 2008, we have become the UK’s recognised leader in Doggy Day Care and are fluent in dog. Our founder, Bruce Casalis, sits on the board of directors for the Pet Industry Federation and has acted as an advisor for the likes of DEFRA, Dogs Trust and RSPCA. Our expertise means that we allow dogs to be dogs, and everything we do is dog-first. Dogs are our moral compass.

Hours

26.5 hours per week

• Wagestream
• Subsidised uniform
• Employee rewards and recognition programme
• Pension
• Lifeworks membership
• Free dog daycare (must meet happy play criteria)