AUTISM SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR -- Winterville/Greenville
Job description
Camp Counselors work one on one with children and adults on the Autism Spectrum to provide a fun and safe summer camp experience. Must be: patient, energetic, fun-loving, and hard-working – and a sense of humor doesn’t hurt!; flexible and able to work well with others; physically able and willing to maintain constant supervision of campers; and above all accepting and respectful of those who think, behave, and interact differently than what is considered normal.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Participate in 1 week of intensive pre-camp staff training to learn about autism and your role as a camp counselor.
- Assume full responsibility for and supervision of 1 to 2 campers each week.
- Provide complete supervision of each camper in all settings and activities.
- PARTICIPATE in all activities with your camper. Encourage and facilitate your campers participation in all activities by implementing appropriate strategies, such as visual structure and reinforcement systems.
- Implement appropriate behavior management strategies learned through your training and according to campers behavior support plan.
- Assist campers as needed in all aspects of self-care, including dressing and undressing, eating, grooming and hygiene, toileting, and any other areas of daily living. If your camper is self-sufficient in these areas, close supervision and monitoring are still required.
- Perform camper rest time responsibilities as assigned.
- Responsible for daily service documentation for campers.
This program runs for 9 weeks from June 8th-August 7th (week of training included) and is a perfect fit for teachers, TAs or students with special needs/autism experience.
Requirements
- Must be 18 years of age.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
Work Environment
Outdoor/Indoor Recreational Setting
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