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Volunteer Position Title: SJACS Small Animal Socializer Pal
Supervisor: Volunteer Supervisor; Animal Behaviorist
Location of Volunteer Assignment: 2750 Monterey Hwy., San Jose, CA 95111
Minimum Age: 18
What is fun and meaningful about this job?
This position helps our adoptable small animals deal with the stress of living in a small shelter space. They are very grateful to have individual attention, to feel human touch and hear human voices, and to have a chance to play and receive affection. Our small animal display attracts much more attention when our small animals are active, social and asking for attention passers-by. This gives them a much better opportunity to be adopted!
DUTIES:
- Exercise, socialize and play with small animals, such as rats, mice, gerbils, and guinea pigs.
- Provide human interaction and affection
- Work with small animals that might be shy to be more comfortable with human touch
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The volunteer must:
- Have a positive attitude
- Have experience handling small animals and be comfortable handling and reading the body language of various small aniamls
- Be prepared to answer questions from customers about specific animals they are socializing
- Have the ability to work independently
- Be willing to adhere to the policies and procedures as instructed
- Be dependable
TRAINING:
(All training done at the Animal Care Center. Class schedules provided after we receive your application.)
- SJACS Online Orientation
- Safe Animal Handling Training
- Satisfactory completion of written and practical evaluations
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: - This position requires up to 4 hours of training.
- It is not uncommon to have few or no small animals in adoptions. Therefore, we highly recommend that you choose another area to volunteer in addition to being a small animal volunteer.
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