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YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is Hiring a YMCA Silver Spring Camp Counselor Near Silver Spring, MD
The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is one of the largest charities in the DC area. The Y serves as an anchor in the community offering programs and services encompassing youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
FIND YOUR PLACE AT THE Y… BE A CAMP COUNSELOR THIS SUMMER.
Summer camp…adventure, friends, and fun. The Y invites you to join us for an amazing summer that is so much more than a job.
Position: Camp Counselor Pay Rate: $16.25-$16.75
The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is currently hiring Summer Camp Counselors. Working at the Y, you will create exciting and impactful experiences for campers, build connections with your peers and Y professionals, expand your leadership skills, and have fun! This is a seasonal position for the months of June through August 2024.
Some of the exciting things you will do as a Camp Counselor:
- Create a place for campers to have fun, learn, explore, and make new friends
- Lead a group of campers in the Y camp program
- Assist team members with planning events
- Promote good personal relationships
- Plan and lead activities
- Support a safe and healthy environment for all campers
- Interact with the campers at all times, participating in activities alongside the campers
- Assist with and participate in all camp-wide activities and special events
- Support the program goals of the Y
- Participate in staff trainings and meetings as required
- Be able to work from the week before camp begins for training to the end of the final week of the season
- High school graduate
- 18 years of age
- Willing to participate in training to obtain CPR and First Aid Certification
- Clear the local jurisdiction requirements for criminal background and/or fingerprinting
- Meet the county/state licensing requirements
- Prior experience in supervision of children or one season’s experience as a junior counselor or have completed the CIT program
- Skilled in teaching a variety of crafts, songs, stories, games, sports, aquatics and related camp activities
- Able to effectively communicate with children and parents
- Understand and be committed to working with diverse population and to Y character development
- Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time
- Must be physically active to play games and sports with the children
- Must be able to pick-up at least 35 pounds
- Must have visual acuity to observe all children
- Documentation of physical examination and TB skin test
- Competitive compensation
- Free Y membership
- 403(b) savings plan
- Exciting and collaborative work environment
- Ability to work with creative, talented and diverse individuals!
Job Summary
Full Time
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
$54k-68k (estimate)
05/16/2023
05/07/2024
ymcadc.org
WASHINGTON, DC
25 - 50
1852
YOSHIMI QUINNONES
<$5M
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
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About YMCA of Metropolitan Washington
We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. Thats why, at the Y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. OUR IMPACT The YMCA is one of the largest social service agencies serving Washington D.C., suburban Maryland and northern Virginia. Every year, we provide opportunities in wellness, aquatics, youth sports, summer camp, child care, and more for over 250,000 people through our 17 branches... and program centers. Our utmost goal is to make the Y and all we offer accessible and available to the entire community. With the help of our generous donors, community partners and members, we were able to provide $2,662,507 in scholarships and subsidies to more than 12,400 children, adults and families in 2014. Over 3,140 volunteers gave 161,572 hours of their time and talent in 2014 to help the YMCA fulfill its mission. From dedicated board members to talented program volunteers, these caring friends and neighbors help the YMCA serve more individuals and impact more communities every year. With a mission to build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all, our impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when a community comes together for the common good.
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