Camp Male Counselor

ALM-Camp Hidden Lake - Lexington, MS 39095 Overview Category:
Camp

Location:

Camp Hidden Lake, Lexington, Mississippi

Position Type:
Temporary Full-Time

Pay Rate: $450.00 per week

This position is responsible for:

Plans, implements, coordinates, and supervises an assigned group of children and youth participating in a Christian Camp; promotes quality of programs and safety of campers at all times; provides faith-based guidance and role modeling to campers; promotes and stimulates camper participation; coordinates and leads campers through their daily schedule ensuring punctuality and responsibility; supervises campers during unscheduled program time and evenings;

ensures compliance with camp rules and regulations at all times.

• Participates alongside campers during camp worship meetings and times of prayer.
• Leads devotional activities and faith-based songs with campers and supports the seeker’s ministry.
• Performs ministry functions such as presenting approved devotional material to campers, praying with a camper, or leading in Christian songs, etc.
• Supervises and organizes an assigned group of campers during scheduled activities and during unscheduled blocks of time, in accordance with camp rules and regulations.
• Lives with a group of campers and helps each camper adjust and get to know other campers and camp life.
• Provides constant care for campers' needs in an efficient, clean, loving, safe, secure, and healthy manner.
• Participates enthusiastically as a member of the camp staff team, delivering and supervising evening programs, special events, overnights, and other all-camp activities and camp functions.

• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language.
• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language.
• Some physical requirements of the Camp Counselor position include endurance, including climbing, standing, bending, stooping, and stretching.
• Eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity are required for manipulating activities.
• Requires a normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare, and communicate appropriate camper activities/programs, and the ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Have a willingness to live in a camp setting and to work irregular hours, delivering a program at the facility available.
• Operate with daily exposure to the sun, heat, and varying environmental conditions.

• Six months of experience teaching child development or youth programs in a church is preferred, or
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• CPR and First Aid Certified

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

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