Little River Summer Camp Counselor; Child Care

Little River Summer Camp Counselor (Child Care)

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Job Type: Full-time

This position supports the work of the Southern District YMCA, a leading nonprofit charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Camp Counselors supervise juvenile campers and ensure their safety and general well-being while providing high-quality educational and recreational opportunities and enjoyable experiences for camp participants.

Schedule:

Camp Little River operational season June 22 - Aug 14 with an opportunity to continue employment in our before and after school programs.

• Provide exceptional customer service.
• Engage with youth participants.
• Facilitate daily schedule.
• Assist with student drop-off and pick-up.
• Use developmentally appropriate strategies to deal with student behaviors and elevate as needed.
• Attend all required meetings, events, and trainings.
• Maintain and display a positive attitude with families, staff, program stakeholders, and co-workers.
• Represent the Y in a positive manner and uphold Y values at all times in the program and in the community.
• Help maintain program space, cleaning up at the end of the day.
• Come prepared for the day with appropriate clothing, change of clothes if necessary.
• Check email regularly and respond promptly, communicate any changes in availability as soon as possible.
• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.
• Attend required abuse risk management training.
• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising consumers.
• Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Prior experience working with children preferred.
• Familiarity with various camp activities.
• Patient and reliable.
• Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information.
• Organizational and communication skills.
• Energetic and positive personality.
• Must be able to complete YMCA required training as scheduled by management.
• Must maintain updated certifications of the job (CPR and First Aid/AED).
• Must successfully clear FBI and state criminal background checks.
• Ability to stay calm in stressful situations.
• Ability to respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in emergency situations.

• Ability to walk, stand or sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to bend, kneel, push, and pull.
• Ability to lift up to 15 lbs.
• Ability to work outdoors for entire shift, regardless of weather.

Southern District YMCA is an Equal Opportunities employer and embraces diversity in their employee population. It is the policy of SDYMCA to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or genetic information.

$14.00 per hour

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