Vacant job

Do you want to be part of a creative team that works to give children their best summer experience? We are now looking for camp leaders for our youth camp Djuprämmen Water Camp, which serves approximately 55 young people aged 13-16 years.

Job Responsibilities

Your role as a camp leader at Djuprämmen's camp is to be responsible for children and young people aged 13-16 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 will live and work at the camp with the children and young people. Therefore, you need to be comfortable being away from home for at least 6 weeks.

Who are we looking for?

A large part of the work involves meeting children's needs and being able to guide them in their decisions. To meet this, we believe that you as a person need to be secure in yourself, your leadership role, and be able to set boundaries. You also need to feel comfortable in more life-oriented conversations. To work as a camp leader with us, you need inner security and an understanding of what you want in working with children and young people. Therefore, we are looking for individuals who recognize these qualities in themselves.

Personal qualities

• responsible
• problem solver
• good at juggling many tasks
• initiative-taking
• creative
• boundary setter
• organized
• punctual
• team player
• secure in oneself and in the pedagogical role

It is also important that you can give and receive feedback and have the ambition and desire to develop the activities 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 have fun, and being able to make decisions are necessary. We place great value on humor and social skills.

Experience

You who are applying should have a strong interest in being outdoors or experience in outdoor education, as the majority of our activities are conducted outdoors. 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. Since we have such a variety of activities, we see it as an advantage if you have a background/experience as a leisure educator.

Experience/competence in any of these areas is also desirable;

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

About the company

Utepedagogik Sverige AB conducts camp activities at various campgrounds for children and young people aged 9-16, focusing on adventure and our activities are oriented towards outdoor education. The cornerstones of Utepedagogik Sverige AB's pedagogical camp activities are: safety, quality, security, and community, as well as having trained adults with a broad competence as good role models. Our motto is "at our campgrounds, you should feel safe to be who you want to be".

Employment conditions

The position is full-time. 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.

Keywords

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