camp counsellor Verified

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy
• Non-smoking
• Air conditioned

Work setting

• Nursery school
• Kindergarten
• Day care centre or nursery school
• Child care centre

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Demonstrate and instruct athletic, fitness or sports activities and techniques
• Instruct groups and individuals in arts and crafts
• Assist with coordination of recreational, sport and fitness events
• Plan and carry out recreational, fitness and sports activities
• Understand principles of group dynamics
• Leading/instructing groups
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• Monitor recreational, sports or fitness activities to ensure safety and provide emergency or first aid assistance when required
• Order supplies and equipment
• Discuss progress and problems of children at staff meetings
• Knowledge of licensing regulations
• Establish guidelines for behaviour
• Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
• Lead activities by telling or reading stories, teaching songs and taking children to local points of interest
• Encourage children to express creativity through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical activity
• Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
• Observe children for signs of potential learning or behavioural problems and prepare reports for parents, guardians or supervisor
• Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers working with children
• Assist early childhood educators in carrying out programs that promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
• Engage children in activities by telling stories, teaching songs and preparing crafts
• Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
• Submit written observations on children to early childhood educators or supervisors
• Assist early childhood educators or supervisors in keeping records
• Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children
• Plan and organize activities for school-age children in child-care programs before and after regular school hours
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of other early childhood educators and early childhood educator assistants
• Storytelling

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate
• Member of the College of Early Childhood Educators (CECE)
• Emergency child care first aid and CPR
• Food allergy and anaphylaxis training

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Medical exam
• Immunization records
• Vulnerable sector check
• Reference required

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Punctuality

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Other benefits