Summer Timberlake Junior Counselor - $200/week

Summer Timberlake Junior Counselor

Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community!

The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work. With offices in every major US city and over 120 countries around the globe, it's a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the US, we serve people with food to shelter opportunities and almost everything in between. We are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that make up a huge western region team. In other words, we're committed to being big and small at the same time. That makes us a seriously great place to work. As one of the most impactful social service organizations in the world, we hire people who constantly seek new ways to keep us moving forward. We welcome you on finding your place to offer opportunities for people in need!

The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the ultimate goal of all programs is spiritual regeneration of all people.

The Salvation Army is an equal opportunity employer.

To assist a counselor with the supervision and programming for a group of assigned campers to gain as much experience as possible in all phases of camp counseling and assist in other departments as necessary. All positions are meant to support the mission of Camp Arnold, in word and deed, to teach campers about Jesus Christ.

Attend and participate in all camp programs and spiritual activities.

Maintain 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 other duties as needed.

Enforce camp policies and procedures

Maintain the utmost level of safety for staff and campers at all times.

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.

Assist Counselor in providing leadership, care and guidance of a group of assigned campers on a daily basis.

Be an active participant in the initial cabin meeting for your assigned cabin group.

Assist with supervision of assigned camper group while in the dining room.

Assist with daily clean up of the cabin living area.

Plan and conduct one cabin devotion per week.

Check camper beds each morning in the event of a bed wetting.

If evidence of a bed wetting is found, follow procedures to wash bedding and clean mattress in the most caring and discrete manner possible.

Assist with leadership in the various program areas as assigned and coordinate your preparation with the Unit Leader.

Accompany assigned camper group to all camp activities that are planned for their involvement.

Complete any required forms as may be related to camper or program evaluation, or health documentation.

Complete the daily entries required in the Camper Log book as needed throughout the day.

Attend Weekly Camp Out unless given the specific permission otherwise.

Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis.

Ability to grasp, push, pull objects and reach overhead.

Ability to operate telephone.

Ability to operate a desktop or laptop computer.

Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

Ability to access and produce information from a computer.

Ability to understand written information.

A generous benefits package is included with full-time positions: paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and medical, vision, and dental insurances.

Health Insurance: Low bi-weekly premiums ($34.62) for employee only coverage, Kaiser HMO for those residing in a Kaiser service area, Anthem EPO/PPO is available for those residing outside of a Kaiser service area. Voluntary +1 and +family coverage at additional cost. Delta Dental DHMO and DPPO dental insurance offered starting at $2.31 bi-weekly cost. Employees are covered by an employer paid life insurance policy. Voluntary supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability plans are available.

Retirement Plans: Employer-funded Money Purchase Pension Plan (Defined Contribution Plan) 50% vested at 5 years eligible service time, employee funded voluntary 403(b) options

Parental Leave: Benefit will be one week (5 business days) of paid leave at the employee's normal rate of pay for births, adoptions and foster placements.

Sick Leave: 12 days annually accruing from day one, eligible for use after 3 months' service time.

Paid Vacation: 2 weeks annually accruing from day one, for non-exempt positions. 4 weeks annually accruing from day one, for exempt positions. Accrued vacation eligible for use after 6 months' service time.

Paid Holidays: 13 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday per year