Summer Camp Counselor

Pattison's Academy

Charleston, SC

$13 to $15 Hourly
Temporary

Job Description

Pattison’s Academy aims to improve the quality of life for individuals with multiple, severe disabilities by providing comprehensive programs throughout the year. Our Therapeutic Summer Camp expands our rehabilitative and educational model across four weeks of the summer. As a camp counselor, you’ll be responsible for two campers and ensuring our camp programming is individualized to their abilities. Counselors will be assigned to a group of no more than 10 campers under the supervision of a Lead Counselor.

Qualifications:

Must have a high school diploma

Responsibilities:

The Camp Counselors duties, though not exhaustive, comprise the following:

Sensitivity and flexibility to the needs of a diverse group of campers
Ability to tailor summer camp program to target the goals of each camper, including but not limited to:

Participation in adaptive sports, music, arts/crafts
Participation in field trips out in the community
Ensuring each child is socially, educationally, and physically challenged through creative initiatives and suggestions

Must be able to lift at least 15 lbs
Work closely and collaboratively with all members of the interdisciplinary team
Tend to care of student's personal hygiene needs, including oral feeding, tube feeding, and toileting/diapering
Ensure compliance with all safety requirements

Assist with ensuring a safe and clean environment for campers. These duties will include wiping down/sanitizing equipment, furniture, and the entire camp environment
Assist with school-wide improvement projects while not directly working with campers, including but not limited to; organizing common spaces, moving therapeutic equipment, laminating educational material, etc.

Benefits:

Exposure to various education and medical professions (teaching, therapy, nursing, etc.)
Training in educational, therapeutic, and nursing interventions for individuals with multiple and severe disabilities
Support to develop problem-solving skills to individualize programming
Hands-on application of educational, therapeutic, and nursing interventions for individuals with special needs
Participation in an interdisciplinary team

Schedule:

• Orientation: June 27 and 28, 2024

• Camp Dates: Monday-Friday July 1-26 excluding July 4

• Camp Time: 8:30am-2:30pm. Counselors required from 8:15am-3:00pm.

Company Description

Pattison’s Academy is an education and rehabilitation academy providing comprehensive, year-round programs to support children with disabilities and their families. Our collaborative model integrates therapy and education to create a unique, individualized and intensive learning environment for every child that enters our doors.

We believe that regardless of the obstacles they face, every child has the right and ability to reach their maximum potential. At Pattison’s Academy, we believe that for children to learn and grow, one must consider the “whole” child - their medical, motor, sensory and emotional strengths and needs. We specialize in breaking down barriers to provide a highly individualized special education curriculum, coordinated and integrated with necessary therapies and medical services to support our students as they achieve their goals.

Why Work Here?

Pattison's Academy unlocks potential for everyone who comes through it's doors!

Pattison’s Academy is an education and rehabilitation academy providing comprehensive, year-round programs to support children with disabilities and their families. Our collaborative model integrates therapy and education to create a unique, individualized and intensive learning environment for every child that enters our doors. We believe that regardless of the obstacles they face, every child has the right and ability to reach their maximum potential. At Pattison’s Academy, we believe that for children to learn and grow, one must consider the “whole” child - their medical, motor, sensory and emotional strengths and needs. We specialize in breaking down barriers to provide a highly individualized special education curriculum, coordinated and integrated with necessary therapies and medical services to support our students as they achieve their goals.