2024 SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS

Location:

South Miami Heights Elementary - 12231 SW 190th Terrace, Miami, FL 33177

YWCA Weeks Building - 351 NW 5th Street, Miami, FL. 33128

YWCA Intergenerational Center - 3450 NW 199th Street, Miami Gardens, FL. 33056

SUMMER CAMP DAYS: June 10th - August 2nd, 2024

Shifts:

AM - 8am to 1pm

PM - 1pm to 6pm

Summary:

This position reports to the Site Manager and carries the major responsibility of teaching &

nurturing the children as well as the general maintenance of the group area in a summer camp setting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the physical care and nurturing of all children.
• Promotes the positive self-image of the children by listening, responding and encouraging independence, while giving verbal and non-verbal positive reinforcement.
• Guides the children toward controlling their own behavior by using a constructive appropriate approach of verbal and non verbal positive reinforcement.
• Promotes effective communication and is capable of organizing groups of children;
• Promotes enthusiasm and motivation within the summer camp setting.
• Prepares and supervises for daily activities, breaks (i.e. snacks/water breaks) and field trips
• Tracks daily attendance records for assigned group; distribute snacks and cleans and maintains the site and site equipment.
• Develops and follows weekly schedule of activities which include: group ratio of activities that meet the YWCA’s developmentally appropriate curriculum framework of encouraging the development of cognitive, social/emotional, physical, self esteem and creative skills.

Qualifications:

High School diploma or GED required, 45 hours of DCF child care training preferred

or take first course by 90 days; First Aid/CPR Training; previous experience working with children,

ability to read & comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and forms; ability to write

simple notes; ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions; able to

stand for extended periods of time.