Summer Camp Jobs
A “summer camp job in America” is a very broad term.
The easiest way to picture what a summer camp and a summer camp job is like is to imagine it as a small, active, community that opens only for a few months every year and every year, needs to find new adults to run the village.
Some of the village elders return every summer and some of the general village population return but the majority of all the summer camp staff needed to open and support the community, don’t come back. Camps then have to find new staff to fill their new summer camp jobs.
Everyone on camp is there for the children, irrelevant of your actual title. The only people who do not live with the children in the bunks are the head staff and the support staff. In the main, all camp councillor instructors are sleeping in the bunks with the children and assisting the general camp councillors with the morning and evening tasks.
In positions such as climbing or adventure instructor, waterfront staff, when the weather closes in, these camps areas cannot run. During these times, all camp instructors then go back to the cabins and essentially become general councillors.(The camper's idol!)
Have a quick watch of the video with James describing his experience of being a summer camp counsellor.
The best thing to do is to keep an open mind and try not to limit yourself by making assumptions on the positions that may or may not be on offer. Provide us with the most detailed application form you can and then let us help you settle on the kind of role that would fit you best.
Remember that you will be trained extensively on camp, before the children arrive, irrelevant of your summer title. Summer camp is an immensely supportive environment and a very safe place to test yourself and develop your skill set.
Please have a good read through the various pages on the site, watch the summer camp videos and get rolling with your application. We are always on hand if you need help and as we all work at camp over the summer in America, we really do understand what you are applying for.
