Camp Greentree Staff

Jewish Social Service Agency•Rockville, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Camp Greentree is a six-week summer day treatment program that offers an intensive diagnostic, therapeutic and recreational experience for approximately fifty selected elementary school age children and six adolescents. The Camp provides a low child:staff ratio to insure adequate professional resources to meet the children's complex needs. The staff, who receive specialized training, are drawn from the fields of psychiatry, psychology, social work, special education, and counseling. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A COVER LETTER.

Requirements

Actively pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as social work, psychology, education, and/or special education from an accredited school, college or university.
Minimum of 1 year of experience in a camp setting or similar child-centered setting (i.e. school or daycare).

Nice To Haves

Experience working with children experiencing emotional/behavioral challenges in a clinical setting highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan a program of developmentally and age-appropriate team games/sports activities for campers daily.
Order, maintain, distribute supplies and materials to support team games/sports activities.
Collaborates with other staff members to implement a program of team games/sports activities.
Attend and participate in treatment planning meetings, staff meetings, and supervision meetings.
Plan a program of developmentally and age-appropriate arts and crafts activities for campers daily.
Order, maintain, distribute supplies and materials to support the arts and crafts activities.
Collaborates with other staff members to implement program of arts and crafts activities.
Attend and participate in treatment planning meetings, staff meetings, and supervision meetings.
Work with a partner Co-Leader to provide supervision for an assigned group of campers (8-10) throughout all phases of the camp program.
Plan and provide developmentally and age-appropriate recreational activities for the assigned group of campers.
Plan activity group therapy activities which consistently address the emerging therapeutic and clinical issues as identified by co-leaders and clinical consultants.
Regularly consults each camper’s treatment plan when planning these activities.
Provide daily activity group therapy for assigned campers, as well as individual therapeutic interventions as needed.
Provide individual intervention for children requiring specialized attention resulting from behavioral/emotional difficulties, including supervising time outs, implementing/monitoring behavioral contracts, and engaging in one-on-one therapeutic interventions.
Maintains documentation regarding each camper’s progress, their ability to make use of support, and their need for individual intervention.
Provide individual and/or small group support to students (including behavior management and skill-building interventions).
Attend and participate in treatment planning meetings, staff meetings, and supervision meetings.