Cabin Counselor

Cabin Counsellor

Start Date: June 16th, 2024
End Date: August 30th, 2024
Salary range : $750/ week - based on experience
Reporting to: Designated Cabin Head, Senior Staff, Directors

About Camp Winston:
Nestled on the picturesque shores of Sparrow Lake in the enchanting Muskoka region of
Ontario: Camp Winston stands as a haven for children grappling with intricate neurobiological disorders, necessitating specialized and compassionate care. Offering a respite from their everyday challenges, the camp provides a unique sanctuary where children can forge deep connections, unearth novel experiences, and cultivate essential life skills under the unwavering guidance of the devoted and impassioned Camp Winston staff.

At Camp Winston, the transformative magic unfolds as campers, often for the first time in their lives; feel a profound sense of acceptance, connection, and security. Here, they can engage without the looming specter of rejection or alienation, fostering an environment where each child is welcomed with open arms. The overarching mission of Camp Winston is to empower these exceptional children, laying the foundation for their success.

Discover more about the extraordinary impact of Camp Winston by visiting www.campwinston.com.

Job Description:
The Cabin Counselor is part of a trained team that ensures the wellbeing of participants at summer camp. The responsibilities include supervising campers at all times, overseeing good nutrition and personal hygiene practices, modeling collaborative problem solving and demonstrating positive behavior in social situations. The Cabin Counselor is a responsible and dependable adult who is anticipatory, empathetic and practical. He/she must be available and willing to step into situations on request and be a positive and constructive part of an integrated team for the duration of the contract period.

Primary Responsibilities:
● Care for campers in designated cabin.
● Loving Support:

Counselors will at all times be positive, will create an emotionally safe environment, will plan and set kids up for success and will teach skills in teachable moments. If a counselor cannot be nor do these things in a given moment, they will request a break or switch.

● Supporting campers to have good hygiene by:

• Brushing teeth twice a day for 2 minutes, once after

breakfast, once before bed.

• Washing or bathing once per day (hair and body)
• Shaving (if necessary)
• Feminine hygiene (if necessary)
• Washing hands before meals and after using the washroom
• Toileting (as necessary).

As soon as any accident is noticed, a camper’s clothing should be changed. If necessary he/she should take a shower before getting into new clothes. Counselors will be responsible for creating a plan to ensure a camper has the fewest accidents possible, which may include frequent trips to the bathroom.

● Laundry and Clothing:

• Each counselor will unpack one or two children and ensure that all items are labeled. If clothes are not labeled, marking pens will be available to the counselor. At the end of each session, the counselor will assist in packing the campers’ belongings and ensure that all personal possessions are returned to the family.
• Counselors will use the laundry machine to do emergency laundry where appropriate and ensure that no soiled clothing is sent home.
• In the event that an accident happens right before departure, soiled clothing is to be placed in a separate plastic bag and the counselor is responsible for communicating that to the parents

● Managing a cabin’s welfare, safety and security by promoting a safe environment and responding to crisis using trained
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention techniques.

● Using collaborative problem solving and negotiation to maximize a camper’s engagement with the program.

• During the hour in which something is planned, counselors should be actively attempting to get their camper to the activity.
• During cabin time, counselors are to facilitate the creation of a plan to engage all members of a cabin in establishing activities which are to be safe and together. Counselors may participate in the planned activity and do everything they can to enrich the campers’ experience through appropriate supervision.
• Counselors will provide support to activity staff whenever they can, to either run an activity, help set up and activity or help clean up an activity, coverage permitting.

Qualifications and Experience:

• You enjoy being outdoors, like to laugh and understand fun and silliness are fundamentals of a Summer Camp
• Two years of experience working at Camp
• Ability to deliver person-centered care
• First Aid & CPR Certified - St.John’s Ambulance & Canadian Red Cross
• Enjoys working with Children and Teen’s and interest in Child/Teen Development
• Willingness to obtain CPI training (provided by Camp Winston)
• Willingness to abide with Public Health recommendations and standards
• Proof of current vaccinations, including COVID-19
• Satisfactory police record and vulnerable sector check
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to resolve conflict and work with a variety of personalities
• Ability to set and achieve team goals
• Collaborative relationship-builder
• You have a hidden talent that can be shared with campers and colleagues!!
• Enjoys working outside in rustic camp environment
• Ability to work offline with limited access to wifi

Location, Hours & Compensation:
● Cabin Counselors will live onsite from June until the end of August
● Hours will vary during the time of employment at camp.

What We Offer & Our Culture:
● We have a camper first ( Camper Centric) model. We plan our camp with the focus that camper deserve the very best version of camp for themselves.
● We operate the Camp Winston Foundation and its programs with Stability,

Accountability, Reliability and Compassion as guiding principles
● We always act in a respectful and effective manner with all people, in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values Camp Winston
● We uphold a high standard of professionalism as outlined in the Code of Conduct
● We pick up the phone, we encourage relationships and understand that much more can be accomplished through conversation and listening
● We respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations and faiths and religions in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values the worth of individuals, families and communities

● We maintain a safe and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal codes and regulations

● We continually seek growth, optimization and improvement to offer the very best care possible to our campers

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From $750.00 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• Secondary School (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Kilworthy, ON P0E 1G0 (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Kilworthy, ON P0E 1G0: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person