Home visitor – Post Adoption (RSPCA Suffolk)

Home visitor – Post Adoption

Are you a good matchmaker and know how to care for animals? We’re looking for a volunteer who can assess potential adopters for the animals in our care. You’ll meet new people, work with a great team, whilst helping animals find loving homes. 

Join our team as a volunteer Home Visitor and become an important part of our mission by providing a vital role in helping animals in our care find a second chance at happiness. It's essential that the pets we rehome go to the best and most suitable homes possible, which is why we carry out checks of their new home pre-adoption. 
We also want to make sure the animals that are adopted are settling in well, so we also carry out a 3-month post-adoption check. You'll get to meet new people, work with a great team and be helping animals across Suffolk.

 We need help all over our branch area, but are in particular need in the Kesgrave, Woodbridge, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds areas. We offer full training, and your mileage expenses will be paid. 
As a volunteer Home Visitor, you would be making a massive difference to the animals in our care by helping us find them a perfect forever home. You would utilise your experience of keeping pets when visiting adopters’ homes to ensure they are the right environment for our animals and that the adopter can provide a loving home.  

Volunteer Home Visitor responsibilities

• Contact potential adopters within 48 hours of receiving the request for a home visit. 
• Make arrangements for the home visit to be completed within seven days.
• Report the findings of the home visit to the branch rehoming coordinator for a final decision.
• Ensure that you are aware of the needs of a particular animal, so the assessment of the potential adopters are accurate. 
•  Complete all documentation accurately before returning it to the branch rehoming coordinator.
• Collaborate with your fellow volunteers and attend team meetings as necessary.
• Being aware of and following all procedures guidelines.

What we are looking for in a volunteer Home Visitor

• Previous experience of keeping pets is ideal.
• Confident, approachable, objective and a good communicator.
• Someone who is flexible and can offer an ongoing commitment.
• Can focus on the task at hand and work with minimal supervision.
• Volunteers must be aged 18 or over. 

What we can offer you as a volunteer Home Visitor

• You will be making a massive difference to the welfare of the animals in your area.
• Join a community which will enable you to meet new people and make new friends.
•  Learning new skills through our comprehensive induction and training programme.
• Enhance your CV by adding your volunteering experience and newly acquired skills.

Practical considerations

Volunteers will be required to complete our Home Visiting course before starting as a volunteer.

 Our next Home Visitor training session will be held in November 2024 - so please apply today to guarantee your space. Want to know more?

We hope you are interested in volunteering for our branch!
 Our voluntary roles are subject to an informal interview and trial period. We will ask you to provide contact details for two referees, and dependent on the position, you may need to sign an agreement and undergo specific training before starting the role