- Take care of your campers by prioritizing the physical, social, emotional health, safety, and well-being.
- Work as a team with your co-staff to make sure every day runs the way it's supposed to and complete daily camper notes.
- Create a community that you want to be a part of and that you want campers to be a part of.
- Include everyone and make sure everyone is included.
- Jump into the camp life: ride horses, swim, camp, play games, sing songs, roast s'mores, be ready to do everything the campers do
- Know where your campers are and what they are doing all the time.
- Manage camper behaviors using the tools you learn in Staff Orientation week (We'll go over positive behavior management techniques, enforcing appropriate safety policies, emergency procedures, camp rules, and more.)
- Be flexible and adaptable because things change quickly at camp. You have to be able to roll with it.
- Live in a bunk with your co-staff and your campers.
- And other duties and responsibilities as assigned: you might need to make your campers' dreams of a beach themed ice-cream campfire song session come true or become your favorite legendary Pokmon for an evening program.
- Work as a team with other cabin staff, ensuring that all our campers have an experience of a lifetime that keeps them coming back for the years to come.
- Make sure that everything is functioning as it should in the bunk.
- Shape the daily routines and rituals campers follow with their bunkmates.
- From recognizing something small like losing a tooth or big like a negative social interaction between campers, lead madrichim always know what's happening in their bunk. Nothing slips through the cracks.
- Strong ability to lead a team and collaborate
- Two years experience in a child care setting or a vested interest in working in a professional child care setting
- Satisfactorily fulfill requirements for employment at the Staenberg-Loup JCC, including: background screening, three references, documentation, and compliance with CDHS law
- Must be high-energy, enthusiastic, creative, and open-minded
- One year experience in a camp environment
- Current CPR and First Aid certification
- Completed some college coursework or hold high school diploma (GED) or equivalent experience
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Lead Counselor - Elbert, United States - Jewish Community Center of Denver
Description
Job DetailsJob Location
Ranch Camp - Elbert, CO
Position Type
Seasonal
Salary Range
$2, $2,500.00 Salary/month
Description
The JCC Ranch Camp is not just the Denver JCC's overnight summer camp, it's also one of the best places to work during the summer. As a staff member, Ranch Camp will become your home away from home as you work to create a community where people can thrive. You're a hero to your campers; you have the chance to do something you really care about and have a whole lot of fun doing it. Your experience as a staff member is just as important to us as our campers' experience. That being said: We're here to serve kids and make sure they are in the safest environment possible while having the time of their lives.
First and foremost, all our staff are madrichim or counselors.
Madrichim/Counselor Responsibilities
Want to spend your summer outside, exploring the back country of Colorado and climbing mountains? We have a job for you. Does spending the morning playing soccer and the afternoon creating art make your heart happy? We have a job for you. Want to design a rocket that can make grilled cheese, but also land on Mars? We probably have a job for you, let's talk.
Lead Madrichim Responsibilities
Physical Demands and Working Environment
Physical Demands: This job requires the incumbent to have operative auditory and visual functioning. Employee must also be able to walk upwards of two (2) miles each day, including use of stairs and uneven terrain. Employee may also stand, sit in chairs or on the ground, run, and swim. Employee may lift or body block campers when necessary.
Work Environment: Working conditions may include being in indoor, often time's loud spaces and spending extended time outdoors under the sun. Must have the ability to work in a hectic, sometimes stressful environment while maintaining the standard of care.
Qualifications
Qualifications and Requirements
Basic Qualifications
This is a seasonal job and is therefore ineligible for benefits.
Please note: This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive statement of every duty and responsibility which will ever be required of an employee in this position; however, the employee will be held responsible for all duties assigned.
The Jewish Community Center values diversity and inclusiveness and is an equal opportunity employer.
