Vacant job

Do you want to broaden your knowledge as an educator while also developing personally? Apply for a summer job as a camp leader at our camp Udden this summer.

Job Responsibilities

Your task as a camp leader at Udden's camp is to be responsible for children aged 9-13 and to plan and lead activities for this participant group. Camp involves round-the-clock activities for the youth and us leaders. As a leader, you live and work at the camp in Värmland together with the children. Therefore, you need to be comfortable being away from home for at least 6 weeks. A large part of the work involves meeting the participants' needs and being able to guide their decisions. To meet this, we believe that you as a person need to be confident in yourself, your leadership role, and be able to set boundaries. You also need to feel comfortable in more life-oriented conversations, which we believe you as a social worker have valuable experience in.

Who are we looking for?

A large part of the work involves meeting the children's needs and being able to guide their decisions. To meet this, we believe that you as a person need to be confident in yourself, your leadership role, and be able to set boundaries. To work as a camp leader with us, an inner confidence and knowledge of what you want in working with children and youth is necessary. Therefore, we are looking for individuals who recognize these qualities in themselves.

Personal qualities:

• responsible
• problem solver
• good at juggling many tasks
• proactive
• creative
• boundary setter
• organized
• punctual
• team player
• confident in yourself and your educational role

It is also important that you can give and receive feedback and have the ambition and desire to develop the organization and yourself together with us. You should be flexible and resilient as the work shifts can be both long and demanding. To work as a camp leader, we believe that qualities such as being able to take space in a group, being able to make mistakes and be playful, as well as being able to make decisions are necessary. We place great value on humor and social competence.

Experience

You who are applying should have a great interest in being outdoors, or experience in outdoor education, as most of our activities are conducted outdoors. We believe that you who have experience as a social worker would fit this role as working with youth requires difficult boundary setting and relationship building. We believe that you who have experience as a social worker can engage in the deeper conversations that often occur at camp when participants feel safe. Activities we do include hiking, building rafts, climbing, swimming, and cooking outdoors. We will also have artistic activities such as theater, dance, and singing. Disco, football tournaments, and themed days are also on the schedule.

Experience/competence in any of these areas is desirable:

• camp/camp activities
• outdoor life
• healthcare
• paddling
• theater
• singing, music
• sports
• cooking
• community life

About the company

Utepedagogik Sverige AB runs camp/camp activities at several different camps around Sweden for children and youth aged 9-16, focusing on adventure and our activities are oriented towards outdoor educational activities. The cornerstones of Utepedagogik Sverige AB's pedagogical camp activities are: safety, quality, security, and community, as well as educated adults with a broad competence serving as good role models. Our motto is "at our camps, everyone should be able to be who they want to be".

Employment conditions

The position is a full-time job. You must be able to attend our training days on-site at the camp in Värmland from May 1 - May 4, and June 6 - 11. During the summer, you need to be able to work, and thus be away from home for at least six weeks during the period June 12 - August 18.

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