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As a counselor, you will work with a group of children for the entire summer. It is your responsibility to provide a physically and emotionally safe environment for campers to grow and learn. You’ll have so many opportunities to bond with campers, and participate with them in a broad range of athletics, crafts and cultural activities.

Counselors must be able and willing to participate in all activities, and care for children. Our counselors are expected to be dynamic, enthusiastic and upbeat, and to be able to communicate with their co-counselors in an effective and professional manner. 

Swimming is a critical life skill for our campers. Lifeguards play an extremely important role in educating our campers, while keeping them safe when in the pool. As a lifeguard, you will have the opportunity to teach campers how to swim and supervise the safety of camp swims. You will be part of a large team of lifeguards who work together.  Lifeguards participate in daily training sessions to advance their life-saving and swim-instructing skills. Those skills are implemented when lifeguards work as swim instructors and teach swim skills to all levels of swimmers at our camp. They are also put into practice as our lifeguards work as supervisors during general swims and are expected to meet and exceed the highest safety standards. You will need to be present for all offsite water activities. Work closely with head life guard and Aquatics Director.

Administrators have the responsibility, including but not limited to answering calls and emails, communicating with campers’ parents and planning programs. Working closely with Camp Director and Assistant Camp Director. Demonstrate organizational skills and have a plan. Help Assistant Camp Director create and manage the schedules of the staff. Responsible for keeping staff personnel files up-to-date and ensuring that staff certifications are valid and on site at all times. Turn in all completed sign in sheets to Assistant Camp Director on a weekly basis. Ensure that all necessary forms are in place before a child enters any program, including up-to-date physicals, immunization records, registration packets, waivers, etc. with the Assistant Camp Director. Responsible for all SYEP paperwork and submitting hours. Document incidents and accidents by filling out incident report forms, submit them to the Assistant Camp Director. Communicate all critical emergencies to Assistant Camp Director immediately.  Communicate with parents and staff on curriculum and special events of each program.  Notify parents/guardians of children about session dates, camp trips, theme days and schedule changes well in advance. Make yourself available to parents for questions, concerns and praises. 

The Assistant Camp Director is responsible for being the Camp Directors support staff. You will be a vital part of the overall success of the program and responsible for general supervision of summer staff and leadership among campers. Most importantly you will be providing a supportive, safe, and fun environment for the campers: General Responsibilities. Attend orientations, prepare a general outline for campsite, help formulate camp groups, assign staff to positions, preparing the site and conducting staff trainings.  Ensure that all program equipment and supplies are available and properly maintained. Recognize, prevent and correct safety hazards; guard the health and safety of all campers and staff. Maintains and enforces all camp safety rules and policies, and ensures that safety equipment is in good order and readily available.  Work to reduce conflict among campers, create a team-friendly environment. Act as a key player in problem solving with staff issues, discipline and parental concerns. Supervise day camp counselors. Assume equal responsibility of general housekeeping tasks. This includes bagging trash, campsite clean-up, and bus clean up.  Demonstrate organizational skills and have a plan. Plan for the known and have a plan for the unknown. Help Camp Director create and manage the schedules of the staff.  Plan and execute the activities in coordination with the program staff and supervisors. Empower the camp staff team to deliver and supervise all-camp activities and camp functions. Involve arts and crafts, sports, small group games, large group games, circle activities, character development, songs, leadership and diversity initiatives, and drama in camp. Responsible for keeping staff personnel files up-to-date and ensuring that staff certifications are valid and on site at all times. Turn in all completed sign in sheets to Camp Director on a weekly basis. Ensure that all necessary forms are in place before a child enters any program, including up-to-date physicals, immunization records, registration packets, waivers, etc. with the Camp Director.  Document incidents and accidents by filling out an incident Report form, submit them to Camp Director. Communicate all critical emergencies to Camp Director immediately. Communicate with parents and staff on curriculum and special events of each program. Notify parents/ guardians of children about session dates, camp trips, theme days and schedule changes well in advance. Make yourself available to parents for questions, concerns and praises.

As a mediator for Camp Gnarly, you must employ a variety of educational techniques (storytelling, educational play, media etc.) to teach children. Observe each child to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem. Encourage children to interact with each other and resolve occasional disagreements. Guide children to develop their artistic and practical capabilities. Supervise children to ensure they are safe at all times. Report to parents about child's progress and communicate with parents regularly to understand the children’s background and psych. Collaborate with camp dIrector and counselors.

Camp Gnarly seeks an experienced candidate to be our lead social skills instructor for our 6-week summer camp for children with High Functioning Autism, ADHD, and/or related disorders.Camp Gnarly is a Whole Child camp designed to provide opportunities to build self-esteem, social competence, independence skills, self-awareness and to foster positive relationships. Campers learn and grow dynamically as the camp is designed for social success in an inclusive environment. Candidate must possess a good sense of humor and a passion for children.