Center Volunteer

Where are you located? 

Our address is located on the footer of our website. N Ingleside Farm Road, Iron Station, NC 28080

What are the hours?

We work on a set schedule the entirety of baby season meaning that every week, work hours will be the same. These are prearranged once accepted into the program. The shifts are one 4-hour morning shift (8am-noon) OR two 4-hour evening shifts (4pm-8pm)

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Is this position paid?

Due to being a nonprofit running strongly from volunteer positions, this is not a paid position. 

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What can I expect to be doing?

This is an introduction to wildlife rehabilitation and a strongly supportive role to the running of the wildlife center. Volunteers are essential to making sure daily tasks are completed. These include: laundry, dishes, sweeping, cleaning, setting up new enclosures, helping with intakes from the public, prepping diets, cleaning and putting away used items, facility maintenance, enrichment setup and more! 

​What is the difference between morning and evening shifts? 

In the morning, we are cleaning, medicating and feeding every single animal at the Center, this can be up to 200 patients at a time. This is a very fast paced time at the Center. Morning shifts are cleaning all the animals, giving them new solid foods, body health checks on every animal, giving new water and bedding and then cleaning the center. If only one morning shift is done a week, the volunteer will not be doing formula feedings due to the expertise and time needed to learn this skill. ​

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Night shifts are strongly focused on formula feeding babies, preparing nocturnal animal's diets, getting the Center prepared and ready for the next day. Because we need baby bottle feeders on night shift, you must do two shifts a week (can be morning or evening) in order to learn the skills to feed the baby animals. This is an intricate and delicate skill and takes time and dedication to learn. We have found that those who only come once a week cannot learn the skill appropriately in order to be an independent feeder of the baby animals. ​

What if I have a trip planned? 

We understand that vacations are planned well in advance. We will allow for 3 vacation days, consecutively or non-consecutively during our busy season. We depend strongly on our volunteers, you will become a huge part of the team and when you are absent, this puts stress on the rehabilitators and therefore the animals. Every single hand is utilized to maximum capacity during baby season! 

​How big are the team sizes? 

We have four people on shift in the morning and three people at night.​ Subject to change. Our goal is to continue to grow our team to save more animals that need us. 

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Do I have to be rabies vaccinated?

No, however rabies vaccinated applicants will be prioritized due to CWCC intaking a large volume of rabies vector species (bats, raccoons, fox, skunks, bobcats). Animals that are rabies vectors are staff only for their 2-week quarantine period and then they will be open to worked with for our interns. Rabies vaccinations typically run around $300/injection and two injections are needed. Rabies Titers need checked every 2-years. 

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What else do I need to know?

This is a fast paced environment that is mainly outdoors. We work in extreme heat and cold. Our hospital is an emergency hospital for wildlife. This job is fast-paced, stressful at times and physically demanding. We never know how each day will go and we work hard to give the highest level of care possible to our animals. Our interns are like wildlife rehab assistance and we expect dependability, professionalism and punctuality.