WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS
(NOW THAT YOU'VE APPLIED FOR THE RR&T BADGE?)
IDEALLY, WE WANT KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENTS PASSED AND VET VISITS/APPROVALS ACHIEVED ALL WITHIN A ONE MONTH PERIOD.
KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT
Yourself (as the 'RESCUE FOUNDER' or 'FOUNDING REHABBER') and any unsupervised staff/volunteers/fosterers need to sit & pass the online, on Zoom, KA. [ You log onto a Zoom meeting/Facebook Room and are then sent a link that opens up a multiple choice online Quiz, that you fill in & submit.]
[REHABBERS GET 3 GOES AT THE KA, THEN THEY MUST WAIT 3 MONTHS TO TAKE IT A 4TH TIME, ANOTHER 3 MONTHS TO TAKE IT A 5TH TIME AND THEN, SHOULD THEY STILL BE STRUGGLING, THEY WOULD BE ASKED TO WAIT 6 MONTHS - AND GIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COURSES, TRAINING & RESEARCH TO HELP THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE - UNTIL THEY APPLY TO TAKE IT AGAIN.
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AS THE WCB IS ABOUT SUPPORTING EVERYONE UP TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD: IF A REHABBER IS AT ALL WORRIED ABOUT PASSING THE KA, THEY CAN ASK TO BE MENTORED BY ONE OF OUR CURRENT WCB HOLDERS, TO HELP THEM GAIN THE CONFIDENCE & KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO PASS THE KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT.]
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT ON ONE OF OUR UPCOMING DATES OR ENTER ALTERNATIVES IN THE FORM TO DO THE KA ON YOUR OWN OR WITH YOUR STAFF/VOLUNTEERS, AS A GROUP.
VETERINARY VISIT
Once your unsupervised Staff/Volunteers/Fosterers have all passed the Knowledge Assessments, the next step is you organising your Vet (or a RVN who works with your Vet) to come round (if you are struggling to find a supportive Vet Practice to do this, we will help you) to check out your premises and also advise/support on any changes (like moving predator/prey further apart).
(You can find a template letter to approach your Vet Practice with in the WCB Group in 'files' or contact us to ask for it. It is now mandatory that you have the 'Vet Check Report Template' for your Vet/RVN to use as well as a pdf of important questions that your Vet/RVN will need to ask you about your premises - we will send you these documents when you have passed your KAs - for your Vet/RVN to fill in, as that is proving to be a great way to help your Vet/RVN fill out a thorough report and know what to look for and ask questions about).
IF YOU ARE A 'CENTRE'
Your Vet/RVN needs to walk around with you (either in person or on a video call with you) and go through the Vet Report and fill it out and then email it over to us at alana@wildlifecarebadge.com
IF YOU ARE A 'HUB'
Your Vet/RVN needs to walk around with you at your main central base (either in person or on a video call with you) and go through the Vet Report and fill it out and then email it over to us at alana@wildlifecarebadge.com.
If you are a 'Hub' and outsource ANY (even one or two) wildlife casualties to off site Fosterers, you will ALSO need to collect and show your Vet/RVN - preferably on the day of their visit/video call for the Vet Check - pics of your Fosterers' premises, proven to be taken within the last month, by having either a dated newspaper in the pics or a phone with a dated news report in the pics, as outlined in the RR&T pdf, for them to also ok.
YOU GET YOUR BADGE!
The day that you 'pass' your Veterinary visit (for want of a better word) which should also be the same day that a Vet looks through your Fosterer pics, you receive your RR&T Badge, woohoo! This will mean that you go on the WCB website - on this PAGE - and that you get sent a high resolution digital badge that you can put on your social media and your website.
From that date, you have a full year until you need to renew.
ONGOING ACCOUNTABILITY
Quarterly accountability is submitted every January, April, July & October.
What is required for accountability?
RR&T Badge Holders will upload through this FORM (every quarter) the following...
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A. Admission records for the last 3 months (nothing complicated, just what’s come in and why) - This is also a unique opportunity for research to create a hub of knowledge across the UK.... (Records can be made anonymous when published)...
B. Proof of working with a vets over the last 3 months. Just attach a picture of either.... Vet bill / Consult notes / Signed letter from vets etc... ?
C. Notes for 1 of your cases - Admission info, plan of action for that animal and outcome. (Just to show that info is been kept about the casualties).