- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Build your resume with hands-on experience working with children with special needs
- Ability to "think on your feet"
- Social/emotional knowledge
- Problem-solving techniques
- Project management skills
- Leadership skills
- Collaboration experience
- Flexibility
- Fitness
- Fun
- Ensuring the safety and well-being of campers in structured and unstructured time
- Creating a fun/joyful dynamic
- Working in partnership with co-counselors to create an inclusive group dynamic and facilitate accommodations to fully include campers with special needs with their peers
- Working in partnership with peers and Camp Leadership to provide a happy, safe and memorable summer for the children
- Leading or co-leading activities
- Mentoring counselors in training
- Completed 10th grade (or equivalent)
- Concentration in Special Needs, Special Education, or similar field of study and/or comparable experience preferred
- Experience with children
- A love of children and a strong desire to make a difference every day
- Leadership skills, including teamwork, patience, flexibility, and diplomacy
- Commitment to build strong relationships with campers, co-workers, and camp leadership
- A competitive salary
- A fun, active work culture and community
- Complimentary summer access to the JCC Greater Boston facility in Newton - offering indoor swimming and workout facilities
- Parents working full time may have their child attend camp for free for the weeks they are working
- Outstanding working environment including convenient, free parking
- Camp Kaleidoscope offers free camp bus service from Cambridge, Brookline, Framingham, Sudbury, and Wayland.
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Advocate Camp Counselor for Children with Special Needs, Camp Kaleidoscope - Newton, United States - JCC Association
Description
Principal Responsibilities:
Laughter. Fun. Making a difference every day. Camp Kaleidoscope, the JCC summer day camp in Newton, draws creative campers interested in the arts, science, and the outdoors. Each summer we serve a population of campers with special needs and are committed to fully including them in activities with their peers. Advocate Camp Counselors partner with their co-counselors as a team to create an inclusive group dynamic while facilitating accommodations based on ICPs (Individual Camper Plans) to fully include campers with special needs in their peer groups and activities throughout the camp day. Activities include drama, art, science, sports, swimming, and much more as campers develop and build self-confidence. The energy of the camp is lively, playful, and warm, as both campers and staff develop lifelong friendships.
JCC Greater Boston is deeply committed to valuing and celebrating the uniqueness of each constituent. We welcome staff and participants from diverse backgrounds. While being proudly Jewish, we strive in every way to provide an open and welcoming setting for all, irrespective of personal practices, beliefs, or background. We are guided by JCC Greater Boston's core values - Belonging, Joyfulness, Collaboration, and Transformation - which resonate with many who do not identify as Jewish.
The full camp season is June 17 - August 16. While a full summer commitment is preferred for this summer role, there is some flexibility.
This position pays a competitive rate of $4,800 - $5,400 for the summer, with optional additional hours to staff early drop-off and extended daycare. The salary offered will ultimately be determined by the dates employees will work, the scope of the position, the candidate's relevant experience, and internal equity.
Lower and Middle Camp Counselors work with campers entering grades K - 3. They assist in specialist-led activities and lead fun group games with their campers. They support and nurture campers throughout the day.
Upper Camp Counselors work with campers entering grades They lead or assist in a variety of activities, including theater, dance, video production, sports, boating, fencing, music, art, costuming, and more.
10 skills you gain while being a summer camp counselor:
Schedule
June 17 through August 16, 8:30 am - 4:30pm, Mondays through Fridays, Full-time seasonal
Minimum Qualifications:
Requirements
Qualifications
ADA Statement: Individuals must possess these criteria for knowledge, skills, and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation and using some other combination of skills and abilities.
Benefits
In addition to a rewarding position where you care for a community, the JCC Greater Boston provides competitive benefits, including:
Benefits are subject to review and change by the Organization.
