Vacant job

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

Responsibilities

Your task as a camp leader at Akka's campground is to be responsible for children 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 interact with the children and youth at the campground. 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 job is to meet the needs of young people and to be able to guide them in their decisions. To meet this, we believe that you as a person need to be confident in yourself, your leadership role, and able to set boundaries. You also need to feel comfortable in more life-oriented conversations. It is largely similar to working in a school where there are demands to set boundaries but at the same time create relationships to ensure a safe climate.

Personal qualities:

• responsible
• problem solver
• good at juggling multiple tasks
• proactive
• creative
• boundary setter
• organized
• punctual
• team player
• confident in oneself and in the role of educator

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 working hours 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 the majority of our activities are conducted outdoors. We believe that those who have experience with children in the middle school age group would be well-suited for this role, as working with children requires difficult boundary-setting and relationship-building. We believe that those who have experience with elementary school students have a good foundation for succeeding in your work as a camp leader. Activities that 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
• health care
• paddling
• theater
• singing, music
• sports
• cooking
• community life

About the company

Utepedagogik Sverige AB runs camp activities at several different campgrounds across Sweden for children and youth aged 9-16 years, focusing on adventure and our activities are based on outdoor pedagogical practices. The cornerstones of Utepedagogik Sverige AB's pedagogical camp activities are: safety, quality, security, and community, as well as trained adults with a broad skill set serving as good role models. Our motto is "with us, you should feel safe enough 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 campground in Värmland from April 30 - May 3, 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 of June 12 - August 16.

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