At Sydney Dogs and Cats Home, our primary mission is to offer stray animal management services for various Sydney councils while focusing on reuniting, rehabilitating and rehoming the animals in our care. We are passionate about providing best practice animal care, applying reward-based training techniques, a fear free experience and a low stress environment.
About the Role
We are looking for Animal Care Attendants to ensure our animals receive the highest level of quality care as we work together to achieve the best possible outcome for them.
This role is located at our brand new purpose built facility in Kurnell.
About the role
- Provide the animals with an exceptional level of husbandry, care and enrichment to ensure they are happy, healthy and their lives are enriched on a daily basis.
- Assist with behaviour assessments and reviews, implement behaviour intervention and care plans, and implement exercise and enrichment strategies to support animal welfare.
- Undertake adoption meets, educate adopters on animal care and animal behaviour,
and decide on the best home for the animals in your care.
- Assist with vet exams and administer preventative treatments and medications.
- Provide the highest level of customer service to both internal and external customers at all times, promoting the values and work of the organisation.
About you
- Experience working with animals in a shelter or pound facility.
- Animal care certification or behaviour qualification with an aligned training institute, or experience in animal care or behaviour support is highly regarded
- Ability to contribute toward the development of rehabilitation programs and training initiatives for animals in care, and experience implementing rehabilitation programs
- Experience and ability to handle and support animals displaying complex and fearful behaviours
- Experience in delivering effective, timely and exemplary internal and external customer service
- Current driver's licence
- Australian work rights are required for this position
📌 Animal Care Attendant - Kurnell
🏢 Sydney Dogs and Cats Home
📍 Kurnell
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