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Rehoming Support Team
We are facing a rabbit welfare crisis, impacting thousands of pet rabbits in Scotland and throughout the UK right now.
Like many animal welfare organisations within the UK, Beloved Rabbits is overwhelmed with the demand placed upon us by owners seeking to rehome their rabbits. Whilst some of these requests are from owners who have lost interest in their pets, the vast majority are from owners who have genuine changes in circumstances or challenges with their pets and need our help.
To help address the needs of rabbit owners and the rabbits within their care, we are looking for volunteers to join our new Rehoming Support Team. This team will proactively support owners as we explore various options to address their rabbits' needs.
Our new team roles include:
See below for more details.
Rehoming Support Advisor
For volunteers aged 18 years or over.
Our Rehoming Support Advisors, volunteering from their own home, will be our point of contact for rabbit owners who find themselves in a position where they need help to rehome their rabbits.
Owners have varied needs and reasons for rehoming, and our Rehoming Support Team will provide a wide range of options to ensure that owners can confidently and safely consider options that best meet their needs, and of course ensure the ongoing rabbit welfare needs are met too.
As a team member, you will be responsible for contacting owners through email, telephone and/or social media channels to discuss their rehoming requirements and manage their "case" until we have successfully secured the rabbits' needs. In some cases, this may be advising owners or ways that may be able to make adjustments to allow the rabbits to stay at home - whether that's through bonding advice, housing advice or signposting to appropriate health and behaviours services. In other cases, it will support the owners through our various rehoming options and keep them updated until a successful alternative home has been identified.
Full training and support will be given, including regular team catch-ups via online and face-to-face meetings.
We are looking for individuals who can spare approx. 5-7 hours per week, which can easily and flexibly be fitted around any other work or family commitments. Volunteers will be required to have access to their own computer/laptop to access online services and software needed to support the activity.
Ongoing Support
You will report directly to one of the charity's volunteer managers, as well as regularly contact with our charity director.
You will also be invited to regular team meetings for important updates and training on an ongoing basis.
As with all our volunteers, you will also be invited to our volunteer collaboration system online to engage and chat about your role and rabbit welfare with the whole team.
Vacancies
This role has now been recruited, and we do not currently have any vacancies available.
Rehoming Welfare Advisor
For volunteers aged 18 years or over.
As a Rehoming Welfare Advisor, you will visit rabbits owners in their own homes to conduct a Rehoming Rabbit Welfare Assessment.
The owners will have been in discussion with our Rehoming Support Advisors and determined that permanent rehoming is their only option.
During your visit you will conduct a Welfare Assessment of each rabbit to determine their suitability for our Rehoming Assistance Programme, cataloguing their welfare condition and updating the owner's rehoming assessment as necessary. You will work with the owners to create a biography for each rabbit to help promote them on our website and find them the best possible forever home with one of our adopters.
Full training and support will be given, including regular team catch-ups via online and face-to-face meetings.
We are looking for individuals who can spare approx. 2-4 hours per week, which can easily and flexibly be fitted around any other work or family commitments. Volunteers will be required to have access to their own computer/laptop to access online services and software needed to support the activity.
Ongoing Support
You will report directly to one of the charity's volunteer managers, as well as regular contact with our charity director.
You will also be invited to regular team meetings for important updates and training on an ongoing basis.
As with all our volunteers, you will also be invited to our volunteer collaboration system online to engage and chat about your role and rabbit welfare with the whole team.
Vacancies
This is a new team, and we are recruiting for
**FOUR Vacancies**
Rehoming Support Manager
For volunteers aged 18 years or over.
As a member of the charity's volunteer management committee, you would assume responsibility for leading our Rehoming Support Team, working directly with the charity's director.
As well as taking a very hands-on role within all aspects of our Rehoming Support work, you will help lead, direct and support the broader team, helping to keep them motivated as we face the high levels of demand and challenging circumstances associated with rabbit rescue demand.
Full training and support will be given, including regular team catch-ups via online and face-to-face meetings.
We are looking for individuals who can spare approx. 5-12 hours per week, which can easily and flexibly be fitted around any other work or family commitments. Volunteers will be required to have access to their own computer/laptop to access online services and software needed to support the activity. You will be able to exhibit exemplary levels of customer service, and be as passionate about supporting owners with varying personal circumstances as you are for improving rabbit welfare standards.
Ongoing Support
You will report directly to one of the charity's volunteer managers, as well as regular contact with our charity director.
You will also be invited to regular team meetings for important updates and training on an ongoing basis.
As with all our volunteers, you will also be invited to our volunteer collaboration system online to engage and chat about your role and rabbit welfare with the whole team.
Vacancies
This role has now been recruited, and we do not currently have any vacancies available.