Cabin Leader

The Salvation Army Southern California • Estes Park, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cabin Leader is responsible for attending and participating in evening programs and spiritual activities, maintaining cleanliness in personal grooming and living quarters, and assisting with camp clean-up. This role involves enforcing camp policies, ensuring the safety of staff and campers, and coordinating program components according to the daily schedule. Cabin Leaders will attend trainings and weekly staff meetings, lead assigned campers in daily activities, participate with and guide cabin groups in various camp programs, and lead campers in camp chores and clean-up. They will also lead and participate in group devotion times, manage camper behavior proactively, and ensure compliance with safety regulations. The Cabin Leader is responsible for the health and well-being of themselves and their assigned campers, including personal hygiene and escorting campers to the nurse as needed. This role may require performing other assigned duties for the smooth operation of the camp, with an emphasis on having fun, asking for help, and reflecting Christian values.

Requirements

• Personal relationship and commitment to Jesus Christ.
• 18+ years of age.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification (may be obtained on site).
• Experience providing childcare and supervision and must love being with children.
• Ability to use positive behavior management techniques with campers and an ability to adapt to difficult situations with a sense of maturity and safety.
• Maintain a high standard of Christian personal living and behaviors.
• Be supportive of The Salvation Army’s mission. Ability to reflect and model the high standards of our organization as one of the world’s most distinguished human services charitable organizations.
• Ability to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis.
• Ability to grasp, push, pull, and reach overhead.
• Ability to operate telephone.
• Ability to lift to 25 pounds.
• Ability to access and produce information from the computer.
• Ability to understand written information.
• Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Attend and participate in evening programs and spiritual activities.
• Maintain a standard of cleanliness in personal grooming and in living quarters.
• Assist with the clean-up of the total camp at the end of each session and at the conclusion of the summer.
• Assist with Camper check-in and check-out.
• Enforce, and abide by, all camp policies and procedures.
• Maintain the utmost level of safety for staff and campers at all times.
• Practice and enforce all camp safety regulations and emergency procedures.
• Ensure compliance with American Camping Association standards of safety and programmatic conduct at all times.
• Coordinate and implement all program components relative to the daily schedule in a timely fashion.
• Attend trainings and weekly staff meetings.
• Lead assigned campers in daily camp activities.
• Participate with and guide cabin group in morning, afternoon, and evening activities throughout the week.
• Participate with and guide cabin group in all opening and closing activities.
• Lead campers in camp chores.
• Assist campers with daily cabin clean up, including, sweeping, making beds, hanging wet clothing, etc.
• Assist campers with meal clean up, including, washing dishes, dumping trash, wiping down table, etc.
• Assist campers with weekly group capers.
• Lead and participate in group devotion times, activity discussions, and praise and worship.
• Be present and on time for morning devotion (quiet time).
• Plan and lead group devotions daily.
• Take time to discuss activities in relation to camper’s Christian walk.
• Actively participate in the praise and worship at weekly chapels and campfires.
• Manage camper behavior.
• Be proactive in keeping positive group interaction.
• Maintain group control at specialized group activities so that the support staff can focus on safety.
• Refer to staff manual to be sure all safety regulations and emergency procedures are being followed.
• Adhere to all PTM guidelines.
• Participate in “all-camp” activities and large group activities.
• Responsible for the health and well-being of self and assigned campers.
• Allow campers time to take care of personal hygiene including, showers, brushing teeth, etc.
• Escort campers to the nurse for daily medications.
• Escort campers to the nurse to treat injuries or illness outside of your level of care or training.
• Perform all other duties and roles assigned.
• Have fun!
• Ask for help because we are here for each other!
• Remember that God is in control. God’s love will be more evident in your actions than your words!
• Remember that God loves you, and we love you!

Benefits

• Sick leave benefit – 1 day per month, 12 sick days per year (accrual and availability begins at hire; sick time accrual is pro-rated for part-time hours.)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees