Bank Animal Care Assistant (Holiday Cover)
Aurora Boveridge College
Dorset
- £11.72 - £12.78 per hour
- New
- Salary:
- +14.5% holiday pay
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Apply by:
- 30 August 2024
Job overview
Bank Animal Care Assistant (Holiday Cover)
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Hours: Holiday cover only. 2/3 hours per day, including weekends
Hourly Rate: £11.72 - £12.78 per hour (depending on experience) + 14.5% holiday pay
At Aurora Boveridge College, we prepare our students for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes leading to independent living with employment or further study. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.
Aurora Boveridge College is a beautiful manor house that has been converted into an exceptional college. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Aurora Boveridge College sits in 16 acres of listed gardens and a wider 50-acre campus, located in the Dorset countryside near the village of Cranborne. The college facilities include multi-use sports areas, beautifully manicured gardens, a forestry school, indoor and outdoor therapy spaces, horticulture and animal care spaces, a motor vehicle workshop and much more.
The main purpose of the role:
We have a number of animals at Boveridge College including Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, Alpacas, Chickens and Hamsters. The role of the Animal Care Assistant will be to ensure the wellbeing of our animals during the College holidays.
Key duties:
- Ensuring that the animals are cleaned, fed and checked on a daily basis throughout the College holidays
- Report any concerns to the Head of Care and where necessary make appointments and take unwell animals to the vets for treatment
- Refilling food and water daily
- Cleaning their shelters/hutches on a weekly basis
- Ensuring all animals and are cared for appropriately
- The Goats and Sheep will need to be checked for fly strike in the warmer months and administer Ectofly.
- Goats and Sheep will also require regular worm counts to be taken (faeces sent to the vets) and heptavac jab once a year.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
- Experience of looking after a wide range of animals
- Good interpersonal and team working skills.
- Excellent written and verbal Literacy skills.
- Be able to meet the demands of what can be physically challenging work at times.
- Be able to work within a rota pattern including unsocial hours and weekends.
- Depending on the location/nature of some provisions, the role may require a full valid driving licence
Benefits and Additional Information
Apply/Enquiries:
If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
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About Aurora Boveridge College
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Our College
At Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional and mental health needs, by preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training or employment.
We offer both day services and residential placements, with varying levels of academic and therapeutic support to enable participation in study programmes and college activities.
Our Facilities
Aurora Boveridge College sits in 16 acres of listed gardens within a wider 50-acre campus, located near the village of Cranborne in the Dorset countryside.
Within the college buildings, students enjoy access to well-equipped classrooms, spacious communal rooms and a pastoral hub, as well as vocational areas including a digital studio, science lab and art and design base. Our extensive grounds include horticulture learning areas with large glasshouses, as well as motor vehicle workshops, an animal care unit and excellent sports facilities.
We also make use of local amenities including a cinema, theatre and leisure centre with a swimming pool, all located within a short drive from the college. Bournemouth, Poole and Salisbury are only 40 minutes away by car, with many leisure facilities on offer from the beach to shopping centres, restaurants and the beautiful historic Jurassic Coast. The market towns of Wimborne and Ringwood are approximately 14 miles away.
Our residential accommodation is both homely and welcoming. Each accommodation area comprises 7 or 8 individual bedrooms, some of which are en-suite, with communal areas for socialising. Shared laundry and cooking facilities are available.
Our Curriculum
We support each of our students to set and meet realistic goals for their own future, whether that is by working towards specific qualifications or vocational experience, or focusing on developing key life skills.
We offer a range of post-16 study programmes, including GCSE and A Level qualifications in selected subjects, as well as vocational qualifications in horticulture, motor vehicle mechanics, hospitality and tourism, IT and animal care.
Each study programme encompasses work-related learning, work experience, employability and independent living skills development, while our tutorial programme covers topics such as health and wellbeing, sex and relationships, cultural diversity and personal safety. We also work with a range of local, national and global businesses and agencies to offer excellent work-related learning experiences and work experience, providing meaningful employability opportunities for our students.
Therapeutic Support
Our multidisciplinary team delivers specialist on-site therapy including Occupational, Speech and Language, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Holistic Therapy. Therapists work both directly with our students and indirectly through teaching and support staff to meet individual needs.
Residential Support
For residential students, Aurora Boveridge offers an opportunity to develop independent living skills in a safe, supported environment.
Our accommodation is both homely and welcoming because we recognise that being away from home, especially for the first time, can be stressful for both our students and their families.
Each accommodation area comprises of 6, 7 or 8 individual bedrooms, some of which are en-suite, with communal areas for socialising. Shared laundry and cooking facilities are available. Residents are welcome to personalise their individual rooms with items from home to help them settle in.
Our Outcomes
We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below:
· 100% of students achieved GCSE Science Double Award with 43% achieving grade 4 or higher
· 100% of students achieved GCSE Biology with 83% of students achieving grade 4 or higher
· 100% of students achieved GCSE English Language with 83% achieving grade 4 or higher
· 100% of students who took GCSE Mathematics achieved grade 4
· 100% of students achieved GCSE Physics
· 100% of students achieved Level 3 Practical Horticultural Skills
· 100% of students achieved Level 1 Practical Horticultural Skills
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