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We provide Veterans from the Armed Forces and Emergency Services suffering with PTSD the benefit of specially trained assistance dogs, with NO COST to the Veteran for the training programme ...
Volunteer Dog Trainer
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Are you a Dog Trainer full of passion for dogs & people?
We are looking for volunteers for experienced, talented and positive reinforcement dog trainers with real people skills to help our veterans train our rescue dogs to become assistance dogs!
If you are able to commit to 2 or 4 hours per week over 9 months we would love to hear from you!
This work is highly rewarding and you would be making a real difference to rescue dogs and lives affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
To work as a dog trainer for Service Dogs UK involves working with dogs from rescue and people of all ages, some of whom may have physical or mental health problems.
The role is to train rescue dogs to international assistance dog standards within a target period of 9 months using the structure that is in place and under our guidance. You’d be working alongside other trainers and volunteers, as a team, to get partnerships (Veterans & dogs) up to the required standards.
We require a long-term commitment of at least 9 months for the benefit of both the dog and the veteran.
Our dog ‘teams’ require a degree of stability and continuity so please only consider applying if you feel you are able to commit for at least 9 months.
What you’ll need:
- Experience in training dogs in a class setting and leading classes
- You must have great people skills; we work with people with PTSD (vulnerable adults)
- Be based within easy reach of Essex
- Commitment to and experience in force-free & positive reward based training
- Your own car and driving license (we are able to pay travel expenses)
- Ability to work as a team
- Good computer skills
- Desired experience with one to one training (behavioural consulting)
- Desired training experience of rescue dogs
- Knowledge of dog care and welfare issues
- Initiative and a positive attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to coordinate a number of tasks
- Flexibility in working hours
- Desired is experience of working with people with a disability or having an understanding of disability
What we will provide to volunteers
🤝 Extra supportAbout Service Dogs UK
We are the only ADI accredited PTSD assistance dog charity in the UK and we are also members of Assistance Dogs UK so you can be confident that our standards are at the highest level.
The dogs we use are carefully selected from rescue to help the Veterans. Once a dog has been selected, a Veteran gets partnered with their dog and the Veteran will get taught how to train their dogs, look after them, become a responsible guardian and much more – all under the guidance of professional dog trainers. It takes between 9-12 months of training for the Assistance Dog Partnership to graduate and achieve the required ADI accredited standards.
This a journey the partnership will take together for their mutual benefit.