Program Assistant Jobs in Newport, NH (NOW HIRING)

Camp Wediko is seeking a team of temporary Program Coordinators for their summer program, located on 450 lakefront acres in Windsor, New Hampshire.  Camp Wediko is a short-term summer residential treatment center offering therapeutic and educational services for youth 8-18 experiencing significant social, emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges. The Program Coordinator provides structure and leadership to the residential program by organizing and implementing activity programming throughout the entirety of the program. The Program Coordinator will be able to develop programming that is creative, supportive of campers trying new things, and allows campers to identify their strengths. The Program Coordinator team will be able to facilitate excitement and energy for each camper and cabin group as they engage in the program.

How You'll Be Making a Difference

• Create a fun environment for students by bringing elements of creativity and high energy to program structures.
• Plan and carry out daily program operations.
• Create daily program schedule and summer calendar.
• Coordinate critical program days throughout the summer, including, but not limited to Visitor’s Day and Special Sundays.
• Review program structures to ensure program fidelity.
• Attend leadership and supervision meetings as required.
• Create a daily schedule for each Cabin, ensuring time for a variety of activities, Think City, and Group Therapy.
• Observe and participate in the activity program and provide positive feedback as well as identify areas of growth for the assigned activity staff
• Work in collaboration with other Camp Wediko coordinators to implement unified program planning for both activities and camp wide special events.
• Oversee completion of Camp Wediko student timesheets for work completed within camper prevocational and leadership programs.
• Complete, organize, and fulfill supply requests for the program.
• Assist in the daily management of the therapeutic milieu by ensuring adherence to safety protocols and maintain both the psychological and physical safety needs of the campus.
• Collaborate with the NH Campus kitchen, office, maintenance, and Wediko School staff.
• Assist with the monitoring of living spaces and daily upkeep of cabins, including reporting maintenance needs or damage that has occurred to the maintenance team.
• Teach, model, and utilize behavioral management and de-escalation strategies, including restraints, as taught, and outlined in the training model.
• Utilize agency policies when responding to emergencies including reporting safety concerns to Program Management, and/or Program Directors.
• Successfully complete First Aid, CPR, and Medication Distribution Training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Strong communication skills.
• Crisis management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to prioritize work assignments based on students’ needs and safety.
• Ability to respond positively and appropriately to direction and feedback.
• Satisfactory completion of CPI Training, First Aid, CPR and Medication Administration Training all required.
• Preferred driving record that allows for operation of Wediko vehicles.

Abilities Required

This position requires the ability to walk the rugged terrain of our outdoor campus, an active wooded setting. Program Coordinators will often be outdoors engaging in active recreational activities in the unpredictable summer seasonal elements of New Hampshire. This includes working in hot and humid temperatures and rain. The ability to bend, hold and lift is also required as indicated by behavioral management techniques. Employees are responsible for transportation to one of the pick-up and drop-off locations at the beginning and end of summer (Manchester airport, Boston Logan airport, or direct transport to and from campus). Program Coordinators are expected to participate in two weeks of training prior to child arrival day and a week following child departure day to allow time for documentation, debrief, and clean up of the physical campus.

Valuing Diversity

We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.