SENIOR COUNSELOR- SEASONAL (CAMP WAPSIE)

CEDAR RAPIDS METRO YMCA/CAMP WAPSIE JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Senior Counselor
FLSA Status: Non Exempt-Seasonal
Reports to: Summer Camp Director

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Counselor lives with and supervises a cabin of twelve campers, ensuring their safety and attending to their healthy at all times, in order to have an excellent camp experience.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Live with and supervise the activities of twelve campers at all times.
2. Keep the camper’s safety, health, hygiene, and cleanliness foremost in mind.
3. Check to see that the campers are getting their medication correctly and per schedule.
4. Plan and lead a designated meal program weekly.
5. Plan for and conduct nightly cabin taps.
6. In any activity follow the policies and philosophies of Camp Wapsie and assure that the campers are also following them.
7. Participate in all of the courses, activities, and planning sessions during the week of pre-camp.
8. Plan and run, with a committee, one special day.
9. Teach and direct an assigned Junior Counselor and leadership campers, mostly by being a strong role model.
10. Lead an activity area and be responsible for all equipment.
11. Responsible for the cleanliness of the living area, grounds around it, and the activity area.
12. Lifeguard in the pool guard rotation when assigned.
13. Complete all necessary evaluations including evaluations for campers that are old enough to return to camp as a participant in the Leadership Development Program.
14. Program activities for your campers during cabin activity times.
15. Attend the weekly 1:00 PM Sunday staff meeting and share your ideas and distribute any informational material for an activity that you are programming during the week.
16. To create and maintain a harmonious, positive working relationship with fellow staff, YMCA Camp Wapsie campers, parents and participants.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must possess the ability to work with and motivate children between the age of 5 and 18.
  • Must possess strong communication and leadership skills. Must possess a strong knowledge of a specific activity area.
  • Must be lively, enthusiastic, and energetic when interacting with the campers and staff.
  • Enjoys working and interacting with people of all types and ages, with a special emphasis on children, modeling and utilizing the important core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
  • Must have current First Aid and CPR certifications. Lifeguard certification and tower training encouraged.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Essential Functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions and duties.


While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, get up and down, walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel or use objects, keyboards, controls, and to write and read; hear and talk. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands or arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.


The employee must meet physical demands of this position, which include mobility to travel to offsite locations, touring facilities and properties, and participating in special events sponsored by the Association.

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