P&R Adaptive Camp Counselor II

Charlottesville Parks & Recreation is committed to enhance the quality of life for all members of the Charlottesville community through the responsible stewardship of public land and parks to provide unforgettable recreational experiences. Our camps are designed to provide all children a fun, safe, and inspiring environment where they learn, grow, and play! Campers will participate in active play through sports, cooperative games, outdoor activities, arts and crafts, enrichment programs, pool days, and field trips.

Adaptive Recreation Camp Counselors provide equal opportunity for youth, teens, and adults, with disabilities to attend a camp program in a safe, fun, and nurturing environment. This position performs a variety of duties related to assisting all leaders in camp program activities, supervision, and operations for the City's Adaptive Camp, which is comprised of children, youth, and/or young adults with disabilities. Primarily and most frequently, work is performed under direct supervisor within one functional area and of a routine nature. Reports to the Assistant Camp Director or Camp Director.

• Dates: June 9–13 (Monday–Friday)
• Hours: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM each day
• Attendance: Required

• Dates: June 16–July 25 (Monday–Friday; no camp on June 19 or July 4)
• Camps: Camp Crow and Camp Henry
• Hours: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM each day
• Attendance: Required

• Dates: July 28–August 1 (Monday–Friday)
• Hours: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM each day
• Attendance: Optional

• Supervises campers to ensure adherence to camp standards and established safety policies, procedures, guidelines, and operating requirements.
• Assists camp leaders with the daily on-site operation of a recreational camp program.
• Provides input to camp leaders for the planning, designing, and implementing of daily day camp activities and field trips that are age and ability appropriate.
• Teaches, demonstrates, supervises, and officiates activities such as sports, games, arts and crafts, environmental education, water activities and field trips. 
• Depending on assignment, assists with communicating camper numbers and meals for the breakfast and lunch USDA Summer Food Service Program form. 
• Provide mentoring and coaching to Camp Counselor I’s, when applicable. 
• Sets up and breaks down tables, furniture, rooms/areas of activity, and recreation equipment.
• Assists camp leaders in the management and care of facilities and equipment in all program areas.
• Assists camp leaders with daily and weekly rooms/areas of activity cleaning.
• Follows all health and safety regulations when working with equipment. 
• Encourages participation in camp activities and assist campers as needed.
• Creates an environment which is inclusive for all campers. 
• Acts as a positive role model to campers.
• Maintains a supportive, positive atmosphere that welcomes and respects all individuals.   
• Communicates effectively, professionally, courteously, and thoroughly to campers, customers, co-workers, and supervisors.
• May be required to operate a City vehicle, adhering to the rules of the City’s vehicle use policy. 
• Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Age: 18 
• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a high school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of six (6) months of experience working in a recreational setting with children, youth, and/or young adults with or without disabilities including but not limited to assisting, planning, supervising, and implementing recreational activities. OR a minimum of six (6) months of work/volunteer experience, in any capacity, working with children, youth, and/or young adults with or without disabilities.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Preference for possession of CPR/AED/First Aid certification. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to work with children and youth with or without disabilities and one’s peers; strong group leadership skills, high energy level, adaptability and dependability; able to communicate, supervise and provide sound judgment to participants and staff; able to react quickly, calmly and appropriately in an emergency situation; ability to perform first aid; able to enter, stand and move in a pool or lake.

Physical requirements of this position as outlined by the Department of Labor: MEDIUM: work involves exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, or an amount greater than negligible and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work. 

This is a safety sensitive position subject to drug and alcohol testing for pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident and random testing. Dependent upon assignment, a majority of time spent in this position involves outside work which may involve extreme temperatures, extreme brightness and/or blood-borne pathogens. Position may require driving a City-owned vehicle and is subject to the vehicle use policy and procedures. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The City of Charlottesville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports workforce diversity at all levels of the organization. The City prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. The City is dedicated to this with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.

Requests for reasonable accommodation by individuals with disabilities may be requested by contacting Human Resources at (434) 970-3490 or hr@charlottesville.gov.

The City of Charlottesville conducts job related background checks, reference checks, and pre-employment drug tests, in accordance with federal, state, and local law, of applicants who reach the final stages of the employment selection process. The City’s policy has not changed because of the decriminalization of marijuana in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Marijuana remains an illegal drug under federal law, and it continues to be a violation of the US Department of Transportation regulations and the City’s policy prohibiting employees from testing positive for marijuana.