Camp Counselor

2 weeks ago

Houston, United States Lighthouse For The Blind Of Houston Full time

**Job Summary**:Provides quality seasonal day camp experience for blind and low vision school aged children ages 5-12 years by teaching values, ensuring safety and facilitating structured play and educational activities with the children, in accordance with state requirements and LOH policy. Assist with providing a program that focuses on youth development, including the LOH values.

**Mission**:To assist people who are blind or visually impaired to be independent members of society.

**Department**: Community Recreation Programs

**Reports to**: Activity Director

**Hourly Rate**: $11.50

**Spring Break Camp Dates**: March 13, 2023- March 17,2023

**Summer Camp Dates**: June 12,2023 June 30,2023 & July 10, 2023-July28,2023

**Essential Functions**:

- Directly supervises a group of children. Ratio: 1:5 5-year-old, 1:10 6-12-year-old
- Plans and implements program activities that are culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate and consistent with LOH policies and procedures.
- Facilitates both formal and informal play in an indoor and outdoor environment.
- Adheres to program standards including safety and cleanliness standards.
- Maintains the program site and equipment, assist with the set-up and breakdown of activity centers and cleaning of the program areas.
- Maintain required program records. Assist in maintaining accurate program records including, but not limited to, incident reports and daily attendance.
- Identify and respond to campers in a positive manner.
- Maintains a positive relation and communication with children, parents, and other staff.
- Makes sound decisions in alignment with LOH polices and state standards.
- Know and understand ALL emergency procedures associated with the camp program.
- Know, enforce, and follow all safety guidelines associated with the camp and all programs areas. This includes but not limited to being responsible for your camper’s safety and their whereabouts at all times
- Attends and participates in programs activities, staff meetings, and staff trainings.
- Reports suspicious and inappropriate behavior and policy violations.
- Follows mandated abuse and incident reporting requirements
- Ensure youth are properly signed in and signed out, ensures only authorized adults are allowed in the facility, with ID checks daily etc. adheres to polices related to boundaries with each child.
- Ensures unused rooms and closets remain locked; routinely monitors high risk locations(bathrooms), etc.
- Meets timeless and deadlines related to supporting system and employee compliance.
- Must attend a mandatory 40-hour pre-training program prior to working with the children.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualification**:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- High School diploma or general education degree (GED).
- At least 18 years of age.
- CPR, First Aid, and child abuse prevention trainings.
- Previous experience working with children in a day camp setting preferred.
- Must complete and pass criminal background and finger print check.

**Education and/ or Experience**

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with demonstrated interested in the welfare of children; prior childcare or babysitting experience is preferred.

**Language Skills**

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in on-on-one and small groups situation to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

**Reasoning Ability**
- step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situation with only occasional or no variables.

**License and Certifications required**:Texas Driver’s License, CPR & First Aid.

**Physical Demands**

While preforming the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, and/ or feel objects, tools, and/or controls; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl. The employee frequency required to reach with hands and arms and taste and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or have ability to physically manage and support children when needed for safety in general camp activities (child weighting 50-200 pounds).

**Work Environment**

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this jobs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in indoor and outdoor weather conditions. Nonsmoking

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