When someone applies to give either a permanent or temporary home to a rescue animal they must first go through a screening process, normally involving an application form, a face-to-face or telephone discussion with the rescue concerned and a home check.
If the rescue is reasonably confident, based on the information given, that the potential home seems suitable then a home check will be arranged.
A home check is designed to inspect the housing in which the pet will live and interview the prospective owners or foster carers and their families to:
Do you have the experience to home check potential new homes for animals or potential new foster homes?
Do you want to get involved but have no previous experience? If you have never carried out a home check before but still want to help, don't worry.
We can either help to put you in touch with local training centres or if you'd prefer to train 'on the job' to get practical experience we can help to arrange for you to 'tagalong' on other home checks in your area. This would entail accompanying experienced home checkers who would mentor you, pass on their advice and demonstrate how they would normally carry out a home check. Animal Lifeline UK will provide specimen home check forms and other training materials.
If you would like to get involved then please get in touch!
E-mail us at: [email protected]
You can view details of just some of the home check requests on our forum by clicking here: 'Home Checking Help Needed'
Please also see our 'Home Checking Guidelines' for more information: 'Home Checking Guidelines & Useful Information'
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