Adoption Counselor

**Hinsdale Humane Society**
**Animal Care Attendant / Adoption Counselor**
**Reports to: Animal Care & Intake Director**
**Salary: starting - $14 per hour**

**Hourly position, Full Time - rotating schedule will include evenings, weekends, and holidays**

Essential Duties:
Must be outgoing and energetic with proven data entry skills, impeccable customer service skills, excellent time management skills, and superior organizational skills. This position provides practical support for the day-to-day activities involved with adoptions, intake, and animal care. Counselors must be compassionate, team-focused, detail-oriented, and flexible.

General Responsibilities:

- Work with a team of skilled animal welfare professionals to provide industry-leading care and expertise.
- Assists in animal care as needed. Other duties as assigned to support overall adoptions or shelter operations
- Animal enclosures are cleaned daily. Possibility of exposure to animal dander, animal feces, animal urine, and animal blood. Proper PPE is provided
- Responsible for learning our software to assist animals moving through the intake to adoption process and completing adoptions
- Actively works with the public to find the right family pet by learning the personalities and needs of animals in our care.
- Show empathy and compassion for the animals in our care and the community we serve
- Provide a strong customer service experience
- Demonstrate exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Assist the shelter veterinarian as needed. Including, but not limited to, administering medication, administering vaccinations, implanting microchips, assisting with euthanasia, recording/documenting illness, etc.

Working hours and conditions:

- Willingness to work with, and is not allergic to, dogs and cats
- Experience in dog and cat handling, other than your pets, is preferred, but we will train the right person
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds occasionally and stand for long periods
- 40 hours per week; plus extra hours as needed
- The schedule varies weekly; the shelter operates seven days per week. Weekends and some holidays are to be expected.
- Must maintain reliable transportation to/from work
- Scrubs and closed-toed shoes are required. HHS can provide scrubs if needed

**Must be 18 years of age to work with directly with the animals

**Job Type**: full-time

**Salary**: $14.00 per hour to start

**Benefits**:

- Paid time off

Schedule:

- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Weekends as needed

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff & volunteers are required to be fully vaccinated, booster preferred.

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hinsdale, IL 60521: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Animal handling: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person
- Provide counseling services to individuals or groups in a professional and confidential manner.
- Conduct assessments and develop treatment plans based on clients' needs.
- Facilitate therapeutic interventions and techniques to help clients achieve their goals.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date client records.
- Collaborate with other professionals, such as psychologists and social workers, to ensure comprehensive care for clients.
- Stay informed about current research and best practices in counseling.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in counseling or a related field.
- Valid licensure or certification as a counselor (if required by state regulations).
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish rapport with clients.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical guidelines.
- Experience working with diverse populations.
- Knowledge of counseling theories, techniques, and interventions.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Please note that this position may require heavy lifting at times.

Pay: From $14.00 per hour to start

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hinsdale, IL 60521: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: From $14.00 per hour to start

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- After school
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

**Experience**:

- Animal handling: 1 year (preferred)

Shift availability:

- Day Shift (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Hinsdale, IL 60521 (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Hinsdale, IL 60521: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Pay: From $14.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life i