Cow Wellbeing Support Worker

Role Overview

This role is about patience, kindness, and healing. As a Wellbeing Support Worker, you will help restore their trust by creating a safe, nurturing environment. You will show them that they are cared for through gentle presence, daily routines, and time spent simply being with them.

Key Duties

• Provide comfort and reassurance by sitting quietly with the cows, reading, or singing to them.
• Offer fresh hay, clean water, soft bedding, and shelter as part of their daily care.
• Build trust slowly by leaving treats, progressing to feeding, then gentle touch and companionship.
• Support emotional well-being by allowing the cows to approach you in their own time.
• Record observations of behaviour to track progress in their journey of recovery.

Skills and Experience Needed

• Deep patience and empathy for animals recovering from trauma.
• Comfort being around large animals and willingness to learn safe interaction methods.
• Consistency and reliability to support their long-term recovery.

Benefits of Volunteering

• Experience the joy of building trust with animals who have been given a second chance at life.
• Learn about animal welfare and the role of emotional care in recovery.
• Develop mindfulness and presence through quiet time with the cows.
• Be part of a compassionate community that values service, healing, and respect for all beings.

Impact of the Role Your role helps turn fear into trust. By being patient, gentle, and present, you help transform lives, showing our cows that love exists and that they are safe. Each small step, such as sharing cookies, reading aloud, or sitting in silence, creates a bridge from trauma to family, from survival to belonging.