1. Volunteer Coordinator
Role Description for:
Location:
Main contact:
Volunteer Laundry Assistant
Merseyside Rehoming Centre
Clare Lybert
Volunteer Coordinator
Purpose of the role: Working to Dogs Trust’s standards and Health and Safety guidelines to support and assist the Rehoming Centre staff on a daily basis to ensure we have clean bedding available for the dogs in our care.
Skills/experience required:
Passionate about dogs, dog welfare, and rehoming dogs
A genuine desire to help out and get your hands dirty.
Full training on use of our machines will be provided so previous experience is not necessary.
Key tasks:
To keep on top of the dirty laundry generate by the daily running of the centre – providing clean, dry bedding for the dogs.
To ensure the laundry room is kept clean and tidy.
To help keep on top of the donation bins on site and help to store these items appropriately.
To keep on top of donations left in reception and to help to store these items appropriately.
To assist in any other duties as needed.
Time commitment.
11am-4pm
Days available;
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.
You need to be able to commit to one shift per week.
Volunteer Application Process;
Please complete the volunteer application form stating that you are applying to be a Volunteer Laundry Assistant. Please state which day you could cover.
Return your application form to

2. Volunteer Role Description for:
Volunteer Laundry Assistant
What you can expect from Dogs Trust as a volunteer:
A staff member main contact who will manage your tasks, answer your questions and help you with the volunteer rota
A buddy (either another volunteer or a member of staff) who will help you through your first few weeks at the centre
Induction and ongoing role-specific training, guidance and support
An opportunity to feed back to your main contact about your experience volunteering with Dogs Trust
Recognition of the role that you are carrying out in support of Dogs Trust through our Volunteer Merits Scheme
Opportunities to try new things and learn new skills, where appropriate
A message from the CEO
Without our dedicated volunteers we couldn’t hope to achieve as much as we do for the dogs in our care; the support from our volunteers is absolutely vital to our work.
The work that volunteers help us with may not always be easy, but I know that volunteering with Dogs Trust is a rewarding experience.
Adrian Burder
Chief Executive
What we expect from our volunteers:
Support Dogs Trust in its work and carry out your volunteer role to the best of your ability
Complete a Rehoming Centre volunteer induction session, this will be held at your centre and complete any other additional training as required
Make new people welcome and work well within the team
Recognise the importance of our members, sponsors and donors in supporting the work of Dogs Trust
Wear appropriate clothing at the centre and ensure you are presentable at all times
Support Dogs Trust procedures and standards by:
Being aware of your own health and safety and of that of others
Respecting others and treating people equally irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation (Equality Act 2010)
Ensure all activities undertaken in the name of Dogs Trust achieve the charitable aims and objectives and do not bring the organisation into disrepute
Be accountable and accept constructive comments
Maintain confidentiality regarding Dogs Trust activity, the dogs in our care and our team
Meet time commitments and standards agreed, and give reasonable notice when unavailable, so other arrangements can be made
Be a positive representative of Dogs Trust, ensuring you are polite and friendly to all visitors to the centre
Dogs Trust
Merseyside Rehoming Centre
Whiston Lane
Huyton
Liverpool
L36 6HP E: T: @:
Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity. Through our network of 21 rehoming centres across the UK and one in Dublin we care for 16,000 abandoned and unwanted dogs a year. No healthy dog is ever destroyed.