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 adventure camp Akka, serving approximately 50 children and youth aged 9-13 years.

Job Responsibilities

Your role as a camp leader at Akka's camp is to be responsible for children and youth aged 9-13 years 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 together with the children and youth. Therefore, you need to be comfortable being away from home for at least 6 weeks. A large part of the work involves meeting the needs of the youth 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.

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. To work as a camp leader with us, an inner security and knowledge of what you want in working with children and youth is required. Therefore, we are looking for individuals who recognize themselves in these qualities.

Personal Qualities

• responsible
• problem solver
• good at juggling many tasks
• proactive
• creative
• boundary setter
• organized
• punctual
• team player
• secure in oneself and in their pedagogical role

It is also important that you can give and receive feedback and have the ambition and desire to develop the activities as well as 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, as well as 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 most 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 youth aged 9-16 years, focusing on adventure and our activities are centered on outdoor education. The cornerstones of Utepedagogik Sverige AB's pedagogical camp activities are: safety, quality, security, and community, as well as trained adults with a broad competence serving as good role models. Our guiding principle is "at our campgrounds, you should feel safe to be who you 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 from June 12 to August 18.

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