Overnight Camp - Camp Counselor
19 days ago
Tulsa
Job DescriptionDescription: REPORTS TO: Unit Leader FLSA STATUS: Exempt POSITIONS SUPERVISED: None PURPOSE: Unit Counselors provide care, supervision, and leadership to campers in an overnight camp setting. Foster a safe, inclusive, and positive environment, ensuring campers’ well-being while guiding them through activities that promote personal growth, teamwork, and outdoor appreciation. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: NOTE: The specific responsibilities of this position are carried out in collaboration with at least one other Unit Counselor. Unit Counselors ensure the quality and effectiveness of the following tasks: • Supervise and ensure all campers complete healthy personal care routines, including but not limited to, brushing teeth, combing hair, using sun protection (e.g. sunscreen), eating well-balanced meals, sleeping, resting, and showering., • Facilitate and participate in daily and weekly “community responsibility” routines (i.e. kapers) with campers including cleaning their cabin, meal-time jobs, flag ceremonies, and cleaning community areas, such as shower houses and the Dining Hall., • Facilitate weekly cookouts with campers, incorporating youth voice and choice, dividing responsibilities, and community responsibility., • Training on these topics will occur at mandatory staff training prior to, and during, the summer camp season, • Knowledge of age level characteristics for camper-age youth (7-17 year olds), • Demonstrate cultural competence and sensitivity while interacting with staff and clients, regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, or ANY other aspect of diversity., • Utilize positive behavior-management and discipline techniques, • Ability to supervise and participate in structured and unstructured activities with clients, • Ability to lead small and large group activities, • Develop an understanding of the value, benefits, and essential features of quality programming., • Knowledge of camp outcomes., • Knowledge of the Thrive Theory of Change and how to implement, • Ability to assess appropriateness of camper and staff behavior, • Utilize camp/outdoor programming skills to provide enrichment and appreciation of nature., • Facilitate all activities with an awareness of quality programming and risk management., • Enforce safety regulations and emergency procedures in an appropriate manner, • Ability to assess potential hazards, including behavioral and environmental, while interacting with others, • Knowledge of camp rules and emergency procedures, including their specific role in these procedures., • Model appropriate behavior, and interact appropriately, with staff and clients in a variety of situations, • Commitment to excellence in service delivery, • Able to be held accountable for meeting high performance goals related to camper care and quality programming, • Display punctuality and preparedness, for self and campers, for all activities and programs including staff meetings, activities, and meals., • Complete reports and paperwork by deadlines., • Set a leadership example by being friendly and industrious, always promoting promise-based, excellence-focused and consumer-oriented programs., • Ability to communicate effectively in writing and speaking, with a high degree of comfort in public speaking, • Possess ability, strength, and endurance to maintain constant supervision of, communication, and interaction with, campers at all times., • Committed to working as part of a team, • Willingness to try new ideas and methods, • Flexible, • Enjoys challenge and changes, • Possesses constructive conflict resolution skills, • Resilient, that is, able to bounce back from failure or disappointment Requirements: • At least 18 years of age, • High School Diploma or Equivalent, • Ability to live with staff and campers for the duration of the summer camp season, • Physical ability to administer first aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), • Physical ability to travel over uneven surfaces in extreme summer temperatures for 15 hours a day., • Physical ability to carry and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds over uneven surfaces, • Physical ability to reach, stoop, climb, kneel, and move freely in locations as outdoor camping sites and storage areas, • Ability to meet affiliate employment requirements, including acceptable outcomes to background check and reference checks, • (If utilizing personal vehicle for camp business) Provide personal auto insurance verification, • (If needed to drive affiliate vehicle) Acceptance by affiliate auto insurance