Camp Swimming Instructor

When: Full time between June 9, 2024 and August 8, 2025. Hours are Monday – Friday 8:45am to 4:15pm, with some evenings, and one overnight sleepover.

Swimming counselors teach campers about water safety, how to swim and/or improve campers swimming ability. They will also be in charge of holding other general camp duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have some experience teaching swimming to children.
• Must be lifeguard certified (can obtain through camp, if needed).

Desired Qualifications:

• Have some experience, either work or volunteer, working with children ages 5-12.
• Excellent professional communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills, including conflict prevention, management, mitigation, and resolution.

Responsibilities

All counselors have the following general responsibilities and essential functions:

• Collaborate with administration and co-counselors to ensure the safety and well-being of all campers, volunteers, and staff.
• Perform tasks specific to counselor’s department.
• Build positive relationships with campers, modeling and reinforcing camp-appropriate and constructive behavior.
• Create a fun, supportive, and nurturing environment for campers to grow as individuals and feel connected to a broader supportive camp community.
• Fulfill regular staff duties such as participating in assemblies and special activities, volunteering to help with various camp tasks, daily cleaning, etc.
• Always use appropriate behavior management techniques and reinforce positive behavior. Work with supervisors if serious discipline problems arise.
• Maintain a safe, clean, well-stocked, and organized program area.
• Promptly communicate any issues, needs, or concerns to a supervisor.
• During planning periods, check with supervisors for projects, or discuss the need to do department work.
• Assist in ongoing development of new ideas, resources, materials, and practices that will help sustain the growth and improvement of Camp Riverlea and its community.

Additional Swimming Responsibilities:

• Assist Head Swimming Instructor plan and implement a program to improve each camper’s swimming skills and strokes according to the Red Cross 7 levels of swimming and safety standards, making use of skills and strokes practice as well as creative games and activities.
• At the start of each session, swim staff must assess all campers on their swimming skills and assign to appropriate lesson groups and free-swim pool areas (which can change later in the session by passing a swim test).
• Compile camper progress records and prepare certificates for campers at the end of each session.
• Swim staff also help oversee the pre-summer staff swim check and supervise all other pool watchers during free swim periods and must have current lifeguard certification, which can be arranged with assistance from the Program Director.

Essential Functions:

• Able to walk for extended periods of time & walk over rough terrain without assistance.
• The ability to communicate well with people of all ages.
• Has healthy levels of physical strength, flexibility and endurance and can lift 50 lbs.
• The ability to tolerate a fast-paced, noisy indoor/outdoor environment.
• Visual, auditory, physical, and cognitive abilities to recognize hazards, enforce camp safety regulations, and respond effectively in an emergency situations.
• Ability to appropriately interact with and manage behavior of self and children.

Who We Are: Camp Riverlea is a day camp for children ages 5-12 in the Durham area. We offer nature, agriculture, athletics, golf, tennis, arts and crafts, canoeing/kayaking, archery, swimming, and performance classes.

We value our staff! We offer competitive pay and organize multiple free staff appreciation events throughout the Summer, such as, Durham Bulls Night, a Pizza/Pool party, and a staff dinner prepared by a professional Chef!

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $18