The technical of therapies with animals designs, develops and implements therapeutic activities based on interaction with animals (dolphins, horses, dogs and cats, farm animals) as a working method and instrument to achieve improvements in the physical, psychic, sensory and social recovery processes of people with disabilities (physical, psychic, sensory or mental disorder), either as specific activities or as complementary activities in the framework of a more generic social or health program.

• Check the person's medical history or interprets his/her diagnosis in order to establish the program and specifically direct animal therapy sessions in the areas of motor planning (mainly mobility, balance and spatial orientation), communication and sensory or social integration of people.
• Evaluates the need for intervention of each person, especially in the physiological, psychological and neurological aspects, through the interpretation of medical reports, and with the help of tests or measuring instruments that help to make the diagnosis of the person. Meets the family members or other professionals who interact with the patients, especially if they are children in order to coordinate the therapeutic work with the people who live or spend time with them.
• Individually or along with other professionals, designs a personalized treatment and therapy appropriate to people's problems or pathologies in order to improve their physical, mental, sensory, communicative or social rehabilitation processes and based on the animal and its interaction with the person as a working method and instrument.
• Select the most suitable animal for the exercises and activities to be carried out with the person so that the personality and physical characteristics of the animal are adapted to the objectives of the therapy and the characteristics of the person.
• Accompany the person during animal therapy sessions within the relevant facilities or enclosure following the guidelines of the selected exercises. He/she guides the animal's three-dimensional movements of the animal and its interaction with the person.
• Analyses the person's response to the animal, measures its progress and modifies the therapy sessions depending on the progress achieved.

Regulated training and graduates

• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Socio-cultural and Community Services - Advanced Level: Social Integration
• Grau: Fisioteràpia
• Grau: Teràpia ocupacional
• Grau: Psicologia
• Grau: Educació social

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Self-control: Level 2

Customer orientation: Level 2

Empathy: Level 3

Analytical thought: Level 2

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Customer service

Direct and personal interaction with people and relating to the public are highly-motivating activities for individuals who have an interest in the field of customer service. A focus on people and on satisfying customers' needs is key in the occupations included in this field. These jobs entail the need to know suitable techniques for attending to the public and being able to give appropriate service that is tailored to their needs and expectations. Good examples are activities which offer assistance and guidance during functions, trips or at facilities, and those which provide advice in relation to products and services.

Healthcare

Working to maintain and improve health, as well as physical and mental well-being, is the primary interest of people who are involved in the field of healthcare. Some of the activities in this field include making diagnoses, prescribing treatments and monitoring illnesses and injuries. These activities also include the application of therapeutic treatments (traditional or alternative) with a view to facilitating the physical recovery of those being treated. To carry out these activities, one must have in-depth knowledge of the human body and medicine, in its various specialisations.

Social community worker

Individuals related to the social/community field have an interest in working to improve people's social well-being and quality of life, as well as enhance their integration into their social, family and/or work environment. The professional activities that are common in this field include providing special support and aid to people at risk of social exclusion, designing programmes and implementing resources for the social and cultural stimulation of an area, and acting as mediators for conflict resolution in family, social or interpersonal environments. These activities involve constant interaction with people in order to improve their psychological and social well-being.

Palliative care specialist

Diversity and inclusive education teacher

Mediator

Art therapist

Job placement specialist

• Work hours

  The normal working day can be part-time or full-time.

• Salary

  The gross annual remuneration ranges from 15,025.3 to 27,045 euros gross per year.

• Professional category

  Technician