Summer Camp at Stenfasta

This summer, Stockholms Stadsmission invites you to our idyllic summer camp at Stenfasta in Sörmland. For six weeks, children, youth, and their families will experience summer at its best. Do you want to be part of this wonderful summer experience?

Our summer camp offers families with children aged 0-18 years a summer holiday camp for 6 weeks.

We also have family camps during the spring school holidays and a couple of weekends in March.

The Role of Camp Leader

As a camp leader, you have overall responsibility for the families and the activities that take place during the camp stay. You are a safe, stable, and predictable role model for the children and youth, working in line with the values of Stockholms Stadsmission. The job includes ensuring that the children and their families feel comfortable, as well as planning and executing various types of activities during the participants' camp stay. Some cleaning and maintenance of common areas is also required, as well as preparing breakfast, snacks, and refreshments.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has completed or is currently pursuing a degree in social work/behavioral science/leisure leadership/social pedagogy/teaching or similar
• Has experience working with children and youth
• Can swim and is willing to swim with the participants

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with summer camps
• Speaks more languages than Swedish and English
• Has a driver's license and experience driving a car

You are passionate about working with children and their parents and appreciate a varied environment. You are responsible, service-oriented, and possess strong creative and pedagogical abilities. It is important that you can create new contacts and instill safety and trust in the target group.

To succeed in this role, you are well-organized and can work in a structured manner with both planning and execution of the camp. You will work closely with your colleagues, where you are expected to contribute energy, be proactive, and have good collaboration skills. You enjoy working outdoors with varied tasks; no day is the same at camp. You need to be able to adapt and work flexibly when unforeseen events arise. You are driven by the desire to contribute to a more inclusive society and value issues related to children's rights and health.

Other Information

• We of course have a collective agreement (Health, care, and other social services)
• Scope: 2-3 mandatory training days in May and work at camp during 2-5 periods in summer 2026
• To work with children and youth, we always require a background check, regardless of employment form.

SUMMER CAMP PERIODS:

The periods are consecutive, meaning that you as a camp leader need to be able to work two periods in a row, either 1 & 2, 3 & 4, or 5 & 6. You need to be able to work at least two periods and a maximum of four periods. See below.

Period 1 & 2

June 21 - June 26 + June 29 - July 3

Period 3 & 4

July 5 - July 10 + July 13 - July 17

Period 5 & 6

July 19 - July 24 + July 27 - July 31 + closing day August 1

SPRING CAMPS 2026:

Weekend 1

February 14–15

Winter Break

February 23–27

Weekend 2

March 7–8

Weekend 3

March 14–15

Easter Break

April 7–11

Application

In this recruitment, Stockholms Stadsmission has chosen to remove the personal letter from the recruitment process. Instead, we ask selection questions during the application to learn more about your motivation/interest and how well you meet the job requirements.

Welcome with your application!

Stockholms Stadsmission is a non-profit organization that works to create a more humane society for all. We do this by working with social care, education, and labor integration. We have been doing this since 1853 when we were founded to help those who were worst off in society.

Our goal is for everyone to gain new life chances, strengthen their own power, and be involved in society. Stockholms Stadsmission offers people urgent help, advice, and support for social rights, housing, job training, and education to prevent and break social exclusion. Our primary tool is to help people strengthen their belief in themselves and their own abilities. In this way, we together create a sustainable and more humane society for all.