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9 people are interested
Equine/Horse Care Assistant - Hands of Promise Arena
ORGANIZATION: Idaho Youth Ranch
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9 people are interested
Who: You have a heart for working with young people. You want to help young people heal and gain confidence through the equine program. You have knowledge and experience with equine assisted therapy and activities.
What: Equine Assistant will:
- Assist Equine Specialist in care and upkeep of the animals and animal facilities, including feeding horses, turnouts and/or returning to stalls from pasture.
- Assist Equine Specialist in moving horses to arena, and setting up equine therapy activities for clients.
- Assist with learning activities with the clients and horses.
- Assist with individual or small group instruction for clients.
- Assist Equine Specialist with horse care and other activities while ES is in session.
- Work with ES to clean up arena post session and return horses to stall/pasture.
Why: Working with horses has been a proven method of emotional recovery and one of the most unique services offered by Idaho Youth Ranch.
When: During Equine therapy, as scheduled by our Equine Specialist.
How: In order to volunteer for this opportunity, you will need to:
- Be at least 21 years old.
- Submit application
- Submit to a criminal background check
- Submit to a CHU background check
- Submit to a TB screen
- Submit to a Drug/Alcohol screen
- Complete interview
- Comply with all Idaho Youth Ranch Volunteer Policies and Procedures
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About Idaho Youth Ranch
Location:
5465 W. Irving St, Boise, ID 83706, US
Mission Statement
The Idaho Youth Ranch creates promising futures through courageous transformations.
Description
Every child is born full of promise, and every child deserves a promising future.
The Idaho Youth Ranch has been helping good kids on a dangerous path find promising futures for more than 60 years, with youth programs and services through the state.
We offer emergency shelter, residential care, substance abuse treatment, job readiness training, alternative education, adoption services, family counseling, and more for at-risk kids and their struggling parents and families.
No matter what a child is up against, the Idaho Youth Ranch can help.
Every kid who comes to us faces their own unique challenges and issues. So we adapt our services to meet their needs, instead of the other way around. The Idaho Youth Ranch approach is to intervene early, when our help can do the most good; treat the whole child, not just one symptom; and finish the job by sticking with each kid as long as they need us.
Our work would not be possible without generous donations from people like you.
Thanks to our donors and our statewide network of 29 thrift stores, we can help kids and families effectively and immediately even if they can’t afford the entire cost of care.
Whenever you make a cash donation, shop at one of our stores, or donate items we can sell, you become part of our promise to Idaho’s kids. Thank you!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
28371 El Paso RdCaldwell, ID 83607
DATE POSTED
September 4, 2020
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
- Animal Therapy
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Based on therapy schedule, weekly shift for a year.