Counselling Team Leader at Camp for People with Disabilities

CAMP HEALTH, HOPE & HAPPINESS (Camp He Ho Ha)
Camp Health, Hope & Happiness is Alberta’s leading summer recreational facility for individuals with mental and physical disabilities. We are a residential camp where campers and staff are on site 24/7 during their 6-day stay.

The term of employment is from May 11th to August 19th, 2023.
Mandatory training runs from May 11th to 21st, 2023.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Abide by the Camp Philosophy that “Campers Come First”.
Directly supervise a cabin of 5 counseling staff and 16 campers.
Act as a resource in the cabin regarding camper care and behaviour management.
Generate ENTHUSIASM and IDEAS for all camp activities and to encourage all members of the team to do the same.
Deliver camper health records to the Camp Coordinators.
Coordinate greeting campers on the first day of each camp.
Ensure all information is organized and posted:
Break/dorm duty Schedule
BM Charts, Personal Care Chart, lotion chart, seizure chart, etc.
Submit the break/dorm duty schedule to the Camp Coordinators on the last day of each camp for the upcoming camp.
Ensure that staff are receiving in-the-moment feedback about job expectations.
Provide formal evaluations of the counselors on a scheduled basis.
Ensure that cabin meetings with the counsellors, whether formal or informal are held daily to prevent communication breakdown.
Ensure that the cabin staff is participating in keeping facility clean.
Monitor procedures and problems and to bring any difficulties to the Camp Coordinators.
To bring any health concerns (camper or staff) to the attention of the Camp Nurses. If the staff will miss programs or other camp time because of illness, notify the Nurse and the Camp Coordinators.
Ensure cabin procedures are being followed and responsibilities are being delegated for tuck, dorm duty, cabin clean up, laundry, paperwork, cabin activities and cabin preparations.
Attend meetings called by the Camp Coordinators or the Executive Director.
Directly responsible to the Camp Coordinators.
Expected to follow the Camp Counselor job description as well. Please refer to the Camp Counselor job description for more detail.