Pets as Therapy Volunteers: Role Description

Pets as Therapy Volunteers taking their dogs to visit patients on wards.

Hours: Usually varies from 1/2 hr to 2 hours per visit Duties: To bring your dog(s) to visit patients within specific wards on a regular basis.

Requirements: Our PAT dog volunteers bring real joy to our patients and staff when they visit with their dogs - either on wards or at various patient events. To become a P.A.T. Volunteer, you will need to have owned your dog for at least 9 months and to first register online with the national Pets as Therapy Association via their website at www.petsastherapy.org.

Are you reliable, non-judgemental, warm, friendly and a good listener with a good sense of humour and good communication skills? If you would you like your dog to bring happiness to others, then you could be the volunteer we are looking for. If you would like to join our sociable, pro-active and award-winning team to help make a real and positive difference in our patient’s lives, your personality, language, culture, interests, dog(s) and good nature could be just what a patient needs and we are looking for.

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