Lifeguard/Swim Instructor (69040)

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervise and guard all swimming activities while in or around the pool at Clayton Adventure Camp. To teach floating and basic
mechanics and work to help campers feel comfortable and safe in the water.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Responsible for preventing, identifying and responding to accidents/incidents.
• Responsible for ensuring the safety of all swimmers while enforcing pool policies, rules, and regulations.
• Administers and responds to emergencies and administer care.
• Maintains active surveillance of the waterfront area.
• Performs general maintenance in and around the waterfront area.
• Assist Camp Coordinator/Staff with any pool related responsibilities as needed included but not limited to camper swim assessments.
• Follow all policies and procedures while guarding all swimmers and patrons.
• Follow all health, safety and regulatory compliance rules and requirements.
• Communicate to Camp Coordinator and Assistant Camp Coordinator any supply needs.
• Attend all assigned training and in-service sessions.
• Lifeguard, CPR/AED, First Aid, and Oxygen certification.
• Exceptional swimming skills and understanding of the fundamental swimming strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly).
• Demonstrate swimming ability.
• Maintain positive relationships with campers and other camp staff.
• Prepare and provide reports as required.
• Reports all accidents and incidents and any suspected or known child abuse, neglect or endangerment to authorities.

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

• Self-Awareness: Ability to fully understand the impact emotions have on performance, assessment of strengths and weaknesses, relationships, and others. Demonstrates self-confidence, initiative, motivation, optimism and flexibility.
• Self-Management: Ability to manage behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a conscious and productive way. Models the ability to implement self-control in assessing frustrations and failures and models resilience and courage. Understands personal responsibility in different aspects of life and work, and what is needed to fulfill that responsibility.
• Social Awareness: Ability to understand and learn about the diverse perspective of others. Includes listening, honoring others views, assessing impact of words, and the desire to serve others in effort to meet their needs appropriately and professionally.
• Relationship Skills: Ability to build relationships which model caring, concern and healthy conflict. Demonstrates positive methods of collaboration and conflict resolution. Ability to positively lead and inspire others and integrate such models personally. Demonstrates ability to support positive work culture, which encourages results from others.
• Responsible Decision Making: Ability to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standards, safety concerns, and social norms; the realistic evaluation of consequences of various actions; and a consideration of the well-being of oneself and others.

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT:

• Actively engage in professional and personal development
• Conduct oneself in a professional, ethical manner, in accordance with generally accepted community standards and organization’s employee policies
• Ability to complete childcare background check process and preservice requirements
• This position requires the ability to present yourself in a professional manner, communicate, and listen to others.

PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:

• Requires daily standing, sitting, bending, and stooping
• Requires normal range of hearing and vision
• Requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Requires the ability to physically move about the camp space
• Requires the ability to lift people out of the pool
• Requires the ability to physically perform all skills required of a lifeguard.
• Requires the ability to read text and information and comprehend instructions and manuals

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ability to work flexible schedules when necessary.
• Complete 30 hours of paid training/professional development, occasionally out of the area
• Remain alert with no lapses of consciousness.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk
• Risk of exposure to childhood diseases
• Attendance at fieldtrips and waterparks with various environmental conditions, heat and weather

This position description does not list all the duties of the job. Incumbent may be asked to perform other functions and duties. Incumbent will be evaluated in part based upon performance of the responsibilities in this job description.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good organization and time management skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Normal degree of computer proficiency using Microsoft Office
• Maintain annual training requirements as mandated

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• High School diploma or GED.
• At least six months of experience working with children or in a childcare setting preferred.

Salary : $15 - $20