Guide Dog Mobility Instructor

Contact at organisation: Arthur Vandebosch, Belgian Centre for Guide Dogs

Phone: +3212234319

Email: bcg@geleidehond.be

As a GDMI you are responsible for training our guide dogs and matching suitable guide dogs with candidate guide dog users. You will also help provide support, aftercare and follow-up for all active guide dog users and candidate guide dog users. As a GDMI, you play a central role at the BCG and are the person of trust that guide dog users can call upon.

Duties:

• Train the dogs according to IGDF standards, taking into account the specific needs of the guide dog user.
• Monitor the welfare of the dogs.
• Check the quality of the dog and report and evaluate the training progress together with fellow GDMIs.
• Inform former foster families of the progress of the dog’s journey.
• Do intakes or replacement intakes with (candidate) guide dog users and communicate about the progress of the trajectory.
• Organize familiarization days to jointly renew intakes.
• Assess the suitability of mobility skills of candidate guide dog users and give advice around mobility training.
• Provide a good matching between a dog and a candidate guide dog user taking into account the needs and lifestyle of the guide dog user.
• Prepare and implement a class plan tailored to the candidate guide dog user, taking into account the experience, individual needs and limitations of the guide dog user
• Maintain records of the class.
• Perform aftercare, evaluating the dog and guide dog user.
• Selecting boarder families by making home visits and informing, guiding and following up with the boarder families.
• Perform proper administration around intakes, matchings and classes, boarder families.
• Help carry out evaluation moments of puppies in foster homes (behavior tests, city walks,…).

As a new GDMI in training, you will be supported theoretically and practically by an experienced GDMI.

Offer

• An exciting and varied job in an enthusiastic team in an inspiring work environment.
• Internal training regarding the specific preparation of a puppy for his later job as a guide dog.
• Contract of indefinite duration (full-time). Other types (flexi and/or volunteer) are not eligible.
• Extra-legal benefits (meal vouchers, hospitalization and group insurance).
• Monthly starting salary based on useful experience.
• Private use of company car required for job performance.
• Cell phone, laptop.
• Your main workplace is the registered office of our training center, Overhaamlaan 11B, 3700 Tongeren.
• You will work 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday with ADV days.
• You can start working immediately.