Camper Care Team Member
Eden Village Camp
Description
Position Overview:
Our Camper Care Team Members support the mental, emotional, and social wellbeing of campers at
Eden Village. Partnering with Unit Heads, counselors, and other staff members, Lev Squad members
implement support plans for campers coming to Eden Village with known needs, assist in establishing
positive group dynamics and navigating social concerns in each bunk, address behavioral concerns
and issues that occur during the summer, and coordinate with campers’ parents and outside support
systems. Most importantly, they work directly with campers to form meaningful supportive
relationships and provide a little extra adult TLC. Each Camper Care Team Member is key to enabling
campers to have a healthy, happy, and successful experience at Eden Village!
Eden Village camp is a non-profit overnight camp rooted in the Jewish vision of creating a more
environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world. We’re dedicated to
providing campers with an incredible summer experience while empowering them to promote a
vibrant future for themselves, their communities, and the planet. Learn more here!
Responsibilities and Expectations:
● Helps create a safe and comfortable residential community.
● Provides direct service support to individual campers, including reviewing personal information provided by parents and implementing individual plans to meet the required accommodations of campers with support needs
● Consistently available to campers and staff and actively focused on the needs of the camp
community.
● Provides recommendations to the camp staff regarding camper wellness and building relationships with campers, both one-on-one and in brief group trainings. Topics may include conflict resolution, guidance of challenging behaviors, working with children with various diagnoses (e.g. ADHD, ASD, sensory integration challenges, anxiety, etc), mentoring children of various ages in differing stages of development.
● Maintains records of camper wellness
● Serves as a point of contact for communication with families.
● Participates in all aspects of camp, including meals, so as to understand each bunk's dynamics and be part of the fabric of the community.
● Collaborates with leadership on serious situations involving self-harm, violence, bullying or personnel issues.
● Understands and abides by strict rules of confidentiality.
All staff at Eden Village, regardless of their job, should expect to support the running of camp in a variety of ways that are not outlined here. As a community working collectively to keep 200 children safe and happy, each summer is full of unexpected blessings and challenges. We rely on our staff member’s flexibility to meet those challenges.
Why you’ll love it!
● Experience deep community with a vibrant staff of 120 young people from all over the world! Our community values skills sharing, spiritual growth, and inclusivity.
● You’ll enjoy three kosher, organic, locally sourced meals a day.
● We have a secret little room just for staff snack…and a not-so-secret not-so-little FARM full of ffresh off the vine snacks! We’re munching on cherry tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, cucumbers, peaches, cherries, carrots, and so much more all summer long.
● You get to hang out with goats!
● We have staff fun activities in the evenings and staff-only swim a few times a week.
● You’ll inspire kids to be more playful, kind, caring, joyful, and grateful – changing their lives and changing the world!
Important Things to Know About Working at Eden Village:
● We are a pluralistic community, and we expect all staff to be able to live and work with kindness and respect with people from different backgrounds, political ideologies, religious and gender identities, etc, than themselves.
● Our food is amazing! We eat mostly vegetarian food at Eden Village. We serve meat once per week and fish twice per week. Staff are not permitted to bring takeout or outside food into camp.
● All staff receive at least 2.5 hours off per day.
● All staff receive days off. Specialist educators receive a 40-hour day off 6 times during the 8 weeks of camp. All other staff receive one 25-hour day off per week.
● All staff are responsible for their travel to and from camp (unless you are coming with an international agency that books your travel for you). We are not able to host staff on site before or after your contracted start and end date.
● We hire staff from Israel, North America, South America, Europe, and all over the world.
● There is no smoking or vaping allowed on site.
● All staff must be back in their bunks by midnight every night.
Compensation
Requirements
● Minimum 2 years experience or high-level training supporting children or teens in an educational or therapeutic setting
● Knowledgeable of young people’s concerns, issues, and challenges, including mental health needs
● Professional experience or degree in social work, counseling, education, clinical psychology or other relevant training preferred
● Experience communicating with parents and other support professionals
● Focused and able to work independently.
● Prior camp experience preferred.
● Able to put the needs of the campers before the needs of self
● Good health and stamina necessary to work in the camp setting.
● Acceptance of irregular work hours.
● Must be at least 21 years old, and are expected to stay at camp the entire season and attend staff training.
How to Apply
Email aliza@edenvillagecamp.org to apply.