Camp Wediko Program Coordinator
About The Position
Camp Wediko is seeking a team of temporary Program Coordinators for their summer program, located on 450 lakefront acres in Windsor, New Hampshire. Camp Wediko is a short-term summer residential treatment center offering therapeutic and educational services for youth 8-18 experiencing significant social, emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges. The Program Coordinator provides structure and leadership to the residential program by organizing and implementing activity programming throughout the entirety of the program. The Program Coordinator will be able to develop programming that is creative, supportive of campers trying new things, and allows campers to identify their strengths. The Program Coordinator team will be able to facilitate excitement and energy for each camper and cabin group as they engage in the program. How You'll Be Making a Difference Create a fun environment for students by bringing elements of creativity and high energy to program structures. Plan and carry out daily program operations. Create daily program schedule and summer calendar. Coordinate critical program days throughout the summer, including, but not limited to Visitor’s Day and Special Sundays. Review program structures to ensure program fidelity. Attend leadership and supervision meetings as required. Create a daily schedule for each Cabin, ensuring time for a variety of activities, Think City, and Group Therapy. Observe and participate in the activity program and provide positive feedback as well as identify areas of growth for the assigned activity staff Work in collaboration with other Camp Wediko coordinators to implement unified program planning for both activities and camp wide special events. Oversee completion of Camp Wediko student timesheets for work completed within camper prevocational and leadership programs. Complete, organize, and fulfill supply requests for the program. Assist in the daily management of the therapeutic milieu by ensuring adherence to safety protocols and maintain both the psychological and physical safety needs of the campus. Collaborate with the NH Campus kitchen, office, maintenance, and Wediko School staff. Assist with the monitoring of living spaces and daily upkeep of cabins, including reporting maintenance needs or damage that has occurred to the maintenance team. Teach, model, and utilize behavioral management and de-escalation strategies, including restraints, as taught, and outlined in the training model. Utilize agency policies when responding to emergencies including reporting safety concerns to Program Management, and/or Program Directors. Successfully complete First Aid, CPR, and Medication Distribution Training.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Strong communication skills.
- Crisis management skills.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Ability to prioritize work assignments based on students’ needs and safety.
- Ability to respond positively and appropriately to direction and feedback.
- Satisfactory completion of CPI Training, First Aid, CPR and Medication Administration Training all required.
Nice To Haves
- Preferred driving record that allows for operation of Wediko vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Create a fun environment for students by bringing elements of creativity and high energy to program structures.
- Plan and carry out daily program operations.
- Create daily program schedule and summer calendar.
- Coordinate critical program days throughout the summer, including, but not limited to Visitor’s Day and Special Sundays.
- Review program structures to ensure program fidelity.
- Attend leadership and supervision meetings as required.
- Create a daily schedule for each Cabin, ensuring time for a variety of activities, Think City, and Group Therapy.
- Observe and participate in the activity program and provide positive feedback as well as identify areas of growth for the assigned activity staff
- Work in collaboration with other Camp Wediko coordinators to implement unified program planning for both activities and camp wide special events.
- Oversee completion of Camp Wediko student timesheets for work completed within camper prevocational and leadership programs.
- Complete, organize, and fulfill supply requests for the program.
- Assist in the daily management of the therapeutic milieu by ensuring adherence to safety protocols and maintain both the psychological and physical safety needs of the campus.
- Collaborate with the NH Campus kitchen, office, maintenance, and Wediko School staff.
- Assist with the monitoring of living spaces and daily upkeep of cabins, including reporting maintenance needs or damage that has occurred to the maintenance team.
- Teach, model, and utilize behavioral management and de-escalation strategies, including restraints, as taught, and outlined in the training model.
- Utilize agency policies when responding to emergencies including reporting safety concerns to Program Management, and/or Program Directors.
- Successfully complete First Aid, CPR, and Medication Distribution Training.
