Equine Assistant

Position Summary

Schedule: PART TIME, up to 10 hours per week, evenings and weekends needed

Who We Are:

Work in a scenic, home-like environment with a team of professionals providing comprehensive and compassionate care for adolescent and adult women who are diagnosed with eating disorders. Selah House Indiana is the only licensed inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization program (PHP) eating disorder treatment center in the state of Indiana.

How You Will Contribute:

The Equine Assistant performs a variety of duties in support of the animals and grounds at Selah House (SH). Greets clients and guests in a professional and welcoming manner.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Maintains frequent and close working relationships with clients, Management, Director of Therapeutic Services, facility leadership, peers, and vendors.

Outside the organization: May initiate and maintain working relationships with staff and clients.

Essential Responsibilities

• Feeding and watering the horses to ensure that they are well nourished and fed daily.
• Medicate and deworm horses to ensure quality of health.
• Clean and inspect the horses hooves to ensure there are no abscesses or wounds present.
• Grooming the horses daily to ensure quality of health.
• Exercise the horses within the pasture to ensure quality of health.
• Work with horses on desensitizing and observe the herd to look for any obscure behaviors.
• Meet with the veterinarian to ensure quality of health of the horses.
• Meet with the farrier to ensure the quality of health of the horses and their hooves.
• Keep the office, barn and surrounding stalls clean and presentable. Cleaning out the stalls if needed.
• Water the arena for the horses.
• Cleaning out the water troughs for the horses.
• Maintenance upkeep of the barn by power washing the inside of the barn.
• Dump horse manure in the dumpster as needed.
• Keep track and record of pasture health and rotation.
• Prepare the arena for sessions and/or family days.

Minimum Requirements

What We Are Seeking:

Requires High School Diploma or equivalent.  Five (5) years of previous experience working with horse care and knowledge preferred.

Other Requirements

Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license and vehicle insurance.  

Selah House Treatment Center provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Selah House reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires.  This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”