- Camp Dates: June 27 - August 23
- Pay: $4305 for the 41 days of camp (approx. $15/hr)
- Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 4:00pm
- Work all 41 days of camp (some exceptions allowed)
- Attend all orientations and training
- Show up on time
- Be a great team member
- Lifeguard certification provided by HKC (no charge)**
- WSI certification a plus
- Enjoy working with children
- Visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to critical incidents
- Physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency
- Ability to spend the entire day outdoors, under the sun
- Must be at least 16 years old at the start of camp
- Swim well enough to pass the pre-certification swim test:
- Ability to swim 300 yards continuously using front crawl or breaststroke
- Ability to tread water for 2 minutes using only your legs
- Complete a time event within 1 minute, 40 seconds where you starting in the water must swim 20 yards, surface dive to a depth of feet to retrieve a 10 lb object, return to the surface and swim 20 yards to the starting point with both hands holding the object, with your face at or near the surface and exit the pool without using the ladder or steps
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Swim Instructor/Lifeguards for Summer Camp - New York, United States - Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds
Description
Job Description
Job DescriptionJoin us for a meaningful summer job where you get to be outside
That cultivates skills such as leadership, communication and teamwork which are highly prized by employers
That lets you spend the summer working outdoors with 50+ of your peers.
The Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds (HKC) is currently seeking motivated and capable individuals with a love of swimming to join the HKC Staten Island aquatics team as swim instructors/lifeguards for summer 2024.
Applicants do not need to have prior experience working as a lifeguard or swim instructor. WE WILL TRAIN YOU
ABOUT THE JOB
As a member of our aquatics team, you'll be teaching campers to swim and work with the rest of the team to guard our three swimming pools. Each day more more than 1300 campers have the opportunity to swim for two periods.
A typical day will have you lifeguarding 4-5 swim periods and teaching instrucional swim to 4-5 groups according to the American Red Cross curriculum. As a member of the aquatics staff you will be expected to ensure campers and staff follow safety procedures at all times while on the pool deck, help prevent and manage injuries, provide rescues as needed and participate in the daily set-up and close down of the pools.
HKC will provide the curriculum and train you in how to teach swim and provide ongoing training throughout the summer.
EXPECTATIONS
CERTIFICATIONS
**Tuition reimbursement up to $300 available if you are unable to attend the HKC course.
QUALIFICATIONS
HKC requires all applicants submit three references. At least two of them must be from an adult connected to work, school, volunteer work or extracurricular activities.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
Home to 11 independently run JCC day camps, the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, is a small Jewish non-profit, that manages and operates three facilities located in Long Island, Rockland County and Staten Island. Our mission is to enhance the camp experience and provide a safe environment for the campers and counselors who call our grounds home. On any given camp day we welcome more than 5000 campers and camp staff through our gates. As a seasonal organization, HKC hires 200+ seasonal workers to provide lifeguarding, swim instruction, maintenance, janitorial services and security to ensure we can carry out our mission and meet the needs of the day camps that run at HKC.
