Camp Counsellor

**POSITION TYPE**: Full-time on contract (8 weeks)

**DEPARTMENT**:Youth Development and Education

**AFFILIATION**: Non-Unionized Position

**LOCATION**: Scarborough, ON

**HOURS**: 9:00 AM — 5:00 PM, Mon - Fri; 35 hours per week

**EXTENDED HOURS**: Dependent on needs of the program

**START DATE**: June 17, 2024

**ABOUT THE ORGANISATION** Tropicana Community Services, a Toronto-based multiservice organization, provides all youth, newcomers, people of Black and Caribbean heritage and others in need with opportunities and alternatives that lead to success and positive life choices. Our mission is achieved through culturally appropriate programs such as counselling, childcare, educational, and employment services and youth development.

**AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Plan, lead, and facilitate various camp activities, both indoors and outdoors
- Support the Education Team with the coordination, and facilitation of a dynamic and fun-filled 6- week in-person program for campers (ages 4-12)
- Assist with the implementation of a weekly schedule for assigned camp groups
- Supervise campers in assigned camp program areas at all times
- Provide advice and support to other camp counsellors
- Assist in resolving conflicts and behavioural issues with campers
- Maintain accurate and complete attendance records of all participants
- Advance escalated issues or incidents to the Assistant Supervisor
- Communicate with parents/guardians about campers’ experiences and report concerns
- Be a positive role model for other Camp Counsellors and campers 4-12yrs
- Know, enforce, and understand the Occupational Health & Safety Act
- Ensure a safe and clean environment for activities at all times

**SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS**
- Secondary or post-secondary education; students welcome
- Knowledge of African/Caribbean/Canadian history and issues faced within the Black community
- Good behavioural management skills, strong initiative, work ethic, and teamwork skills
- Sensitivity to multiculturalism and special needs
- Possession of valid First-Aid/CPR certification is considered an asset
- Negative Vulnerable Sector Check

**To be qualified for this position under the Canada Summer Jobs Program, you must also**:

- Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
- Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment
- Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
- The youth must be 15 years of age at the beginning of the employment period. The youth may be more than 30 years of age at the end of the employment period as long as the youth was 30 at the beginning of the employment period.

**International students are not eligible participants. International students include anyone who is temporarily in Canada for studies and who is not a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada. Youth awaiting a refugee status ruling, as well as those who hold a temporary visitor visa, youth visa or work visa are ineligible

**HOW TO APPLY**
- It is a condition of employment that new employees provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date of employment. This means that all new employees must have received all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada prior to their start date. Applicants who have appropriate written proof of a medical reason, or a reason pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code, for not being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 may provide such documentation to the Human Resources department. Such situations will be considered on a case-by-case basis._