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Aide - Summer Camp

St Louis, MO, US, 63109-3301

Job Summary

St Raphael the Archangel

The purpose of the Camp Counselor is to use their kindness, enthusiasm, and perception to guide children at summer camp teaching them love for our amazing world, love for their friends, and love for Jesus. Our camp’s values are fun, safety, friendship, and faith.

Job Responsibilities

1. Guide children toward fun, friendship, and faith in Jesus

  • Have fun with children by joyful activities.
  • Help children make friends and gain skills to be better friends.
  • Lead children in simple prayers and discussions about Jesus.
  • Follow plans of Camp Director regarding daily and weekly activities with children.
  • Fill unexpected gap time with joyful improvisation.

 

2. Support Camp Director

  • Help prepare materials for daily and weekly planned activities.
  • Help prepare facilities before the each day and reorganize after each day.
  • Help Camp Director with other daily tasks as assigned.
  • Work with the Camp Director to prepare facilities for camp.

 

3. Keep children safe

  • Support Camp Director in teaching children camp expectations.
  • Discipline children appropriately for violating camp expectations.
  • Watch over children with special dietary or activity restrictions.
  • Assist in procedures to check children into and out of camp each day.

Job Requirements

Knowledge & Experience Requirements

One to Three years of school, camp, or child-care experience preferred.

Knowledge of the Catholic faith is preferred.

 

Skills & Attitudes Required For Success in Role

  • Active practice of personal faith in Jesus Christ.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, especially with children in grades K-2.
  • Kindness and patience.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team
  • Friendly, welcoming attitude.

 

Other Requirements

  • Collaborate closely with Camp Director

Sufficient mobility, energy, and health to sustain continual interaction with vigorous children.

Resources for Which Accountable

Helps to use prudently supplies purchased for camp.

At the Archdiocese of St. Louis, we believe that every job is a potential pathway to purpose. Join a community where your skills and passion align with a greater mission, where every day brings new opportunities to make a meaningful difference for the Catholic faithful – and for the greater community – in St. Louis and 10 surrounding Missouri counties.

Our Mission

We are a unique community—diverse in our talent, but unified in our drive to create together, face challenges together and grow together. Our values push us to empower, propel and inspire new ways of turning possibilities into realities. Our competencies define the behaviors that guide who we are, how we are inspired and how we inspire of others to succeed.

Benefits

Work/life balance is so important to the archdiocese. After all, our business is about making life easier and better—and we want that for you and your career just as much as our consumers and their day-to-day lives. That’s why we offer flexible working times, remote working options, generous paid vacation increasing with service, and personal leaves of absence.

As well as being able to make the most of life at home, you’ll also be able to contribute to the Archdiocese sponsored volunteer events. You can discover more about who we’re working with near you, and you can always ask us more about this at events and interviews—we love to see how passionate our people are about giving back.

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