Camp Kaleidoscope Counselor II

Position Type: Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Seasonal

Date Posted: 2/9/2026

Location: Chandler-Newberger Center

Camp Kaleidoscope Counselor II

Parks, Recreation and Community Services

Staff Training (approx. 30 hours) May 26-June 1, 2026

Camp Dates June 1-August 14, 2026
Additional work hours may be available after camp

$15.00/hr

Responsible for the supervision and safety of children ages 3.5-5.5 and the basic instruction, including planning, of games, activities, and crafts for campers. Individual must be available from June 1 through August 14, 2026 between the hours of 8:30am-1pm, Monday-Friday.

Under the supervision of the Camp Kaleidoscope Director and Program Coordinator

• Attend staff training sessions---Up to 30 hours
• Plan and instruct program activities, crafts, and games for camp participants
• Responsible for the safety of individuals in camp
• Supervise and lead participants in daily camp activities and field trips
• Responsible for effective and appropriate communication to caregivers regarding participant progress and behavior within program setting
• Attend staff meetings as scheduled by camp director/program manager
• Enforce late pick up policy and ensure all participants are properly dismissed to caregiver
• Responsible for care and maintenance of camp equipment and storage areas
• Complete written reports such as accident, incident reports on a timely basis
• Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention.
• Performs other duties as assigned by camp director or program coordinator

• Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification:
  • Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
  • Write: Ability to complete attendance sheets, accident reports, incident reports and camper behavior reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.
  • Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co‑workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
• At least 1 summer experience working in a camp setting
• At least 1 year experience working with children ages 3-6
• Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification: Light work:
  Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. However, if the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
• Type of physical demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:
  • Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
  • Handling: seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.
  • Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
  • Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds.
  • Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.
  • Tasting/Smelling: Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.
  • Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
  • Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
  • Stooping: Bending body downward or forward by…