Children's Area Camp Counselor Lead

Position Title : Lead Camp Counselor

Location : Northwestern Medicine Huntley Health & Fitness Center

Type : Seasonal Part Time until June. Full Time Seasonal from June 1-August 16.

Hourly Rate : $18.00

Summary :

Join our team of full time and part time staff at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Health & Fitness Center.Our facility is managed by Power Wellness Management, a company that specializes in managing state-of-the-art medically integrated health and fitness centers. Power Wellness is a medical fitness industry pioneer who improves the lives of clients with a unique and customized approach to medical fitness center development and management. Their turnkey method takes away the stress of the development and management process allowing clients to focus on other areas of their business.

The purpose of the Lead Camp Counselor is to oversee all camp activities provided to children in a safe, caring, secure and effective manner with age-appropriate interactions and play activities and experiences for the children within the determined age range, and in compliance with state requirements and qualifications. Maintain open communication and interact with parents of camp participants. The Lead Camp Counselor will supervise all Camp Counselors and oversee all programming, as well as monitor appropriate entry and exit of adults and children.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Assess performance of Camp Counselors, encourage employee professional growth through training, supervision, empowerment and feedback, and make staffing reassignments as appropriate.
• Conduct and / or participate in regularly scheduled staff meetings.
• Assist with department work schedules and time cards.
• Assist with hiring and training all Camp Counselor associates.
• Have the ability to perform all the duties outlined in the Camp Counselor job description as needed.
• Maintain friendly, well trained and customer service oriented staff, and inter-department relationships.
• Greet children and parents in a positive, upbeat manner, while checking children in and out of the secured children's area according to center policy.
• Be well-versed and knowledgeable of the center's camp and childcare policies, and comfortable enforcing them to ensure a safe environment for all children.
• Communicate with parents as it relates to any camp participant behavioral issues, and respond to any issues related to service recovery and / or general program feedback in a timely manner and in coordination with management.
• Develop and lead daily crafts, gym games and activities for participants of all age and skill levels to ensure safety and cooperation.
• Be responsible for all assigned programs including being prompt and ready to begin on time, ending camp on time, set up prior to camp and clean-up of general area.
• Provide order, safety and security by being present on the basketball courts and other areas in which groups of members are sharing space and / or playing organized games.
• Ensure timely set up of gymnasium (and other areas as designated) with appropriate equipment as needed for programming.
• Maintain all program equipment and supplies in good working order, notifying management of any additional needs or required maintenance.
• Conduct and participate in many sports with the ability to teach campers of all fitness levels.
• Demonstrate complete knowledge of emergency and safety procedures including the use of facility paging system and confidence in calling EMS.
• Other duties as assigned.

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