Summer Camp Lifeguard

Ensures the safety, promotion and engagement of campers during lake recreational activities. Creates a fun and engaging environment for campers by leading various activities, ensuring their safety and promoting participation in camp activities.

Work on-site in Okoboji, IA from May 24 through August
9. Housing will be provided during this period. Please note that you will be required to attend in‑person training in Omaha, NE from May 18 through May 23.

• Adheres to policies related to safety and boundaries with service recipients.
• Attends safety and abuse risk management training as assigned.
• Adheres to procedures related to managing high‑risk activities and supervising service recipients.
• Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.

• Monitors swimmers and enforce safety rules.
• Looks for hazards and prevents accidents.
• Ensures campers are compliant to camp rules.
• Advise campers on how to be safe in and around the water through Camp orientations and consistent engagement with the campers.
• Actively monitors campers during activities, ensuring their safety and addressing behavioral issues promptly.
• Recognizes and praises camper achievements and positive behavior to build confidence and encourage participation.
• Monitors and maintains all equipment used for recreational activities such as kayaks, tubes, boats, life jackets, etc.
• Drives a boat as needed to complete duties of their job.
• Monitors boat driver and youth while on the boat.
• Maintains cleanliness in dorms, bedrooms, bathrooms, common areas, and dining halls by sweeping, mopping, wiping down surfaces, taking out trash, cleaning spills, and ensuring the overall tidiness of the camp facilities, in collaboration with other staff members; this also includes assisting with laundry duties for camp linens and towels.
• Assists with basic food preparation tasks like setting up serving lines, portioning food, distributing food to campers in a timely and organized manner, while accommodating dietary restrictions. Lifeguards will adhere to the IA food safety guidelines and proper hygiene practices while handling food.

• Knowledge of the Boys Town Model.
• Knowledge of water safety.
• Basic practices and etiquette of operating a boat.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations when using a lake.
• Ability to communicate in an articulate, professional manner while maintaining a necessary degree of confidentiality.
• Ability to quickly make decisions sensitive and sometimes critical moments and adapt responses to situations, while maintaining procedural and regulatory integrity.
• Ability to successfully lead youth in the completion of tasks and redirect inappropriate youth behaviors.

• Minimum of 19 years of age required.
• Successfully pass a swimming test to be eligible for training and position required.
• Lifeguard Certification within 10 days of transfer or hire required. (Boys Town will provide an American Red Cross Lifeguard/CPR and First Aid Certification course if not already certified).
• Iowa or Nebraska Boat license or the ability to get one within 30 days of transfer or hire (Boys Town will provide) required.

• Water Safety Instructor Certification preferred.
• Current Lifeguard/CPR Certification preferred.
• Valid driver's license preferred.

• Other Duties:
  This job description incorporates the essential functions and duties required for this position. However, other duties may be required and assigned at times and as determined by a supervisor in order to meet the needs of the organization.

• Serves as a role model in carrying out activities and behaviors that reflect the values and principles of the Boys Town mission.

• Reasonably expected to have and maintain sufficient, agility, and endurance to perform all job requirements (including stressful situations, physically, mentally, and emotionally) encountered on the job without compromising their health and well‑being or that of their fellow employees, youth, or families. Must have sufficient ability to see, hear, speak, and mobility to monitor youth, assist and perform daily household chores, and participate in activities with youth.
  
  Work is typically in an outdoor lake environment but may be performed in a variety of environments ranging from highly stressful and potentially aggressive to casual and leisurely, occasionally indoor and frequently outdoor settings and will be subject to outside weather conditions. Includes constant interruptions, inappropriate behaviors, and the potential for verbal and physical threats from youth.

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