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Summer Camp help with community living, progressive behavior management styles, the craziest games you'll ever play, and children that will remember you forever...
Interested in working at a summer camp with community-centered values? With a small 1:5 counselor-to-camper ratio, earnestly held communication philosophies such as non-violent communication and consensus decision making, and a wealth of activities to explore, we hope that being at camp this summer would be an amazing option for any adventurer. We provide a significant amount of training in child development, activities such as high ropes, blacksmithing, horseback riding, and jewelry smithing, and place an emphasis on supporting all of our staff throughout the summer.
Our purpose is to provide children with a healthy environment for growth and exploration, to allow them to explore their interests and skills, and to give them the time and space to reflect upon who they are as a member of a community. Living in wooden cabins without electricity, campers are encouraged to create their own stories and make their own music.
Essentially, we are looking for excellent team members who can commit to a summer-long paid position, and think that those who are interested in Workaway will be incredible candidates for many of our roles, including Counselor, Program Coordinator, and Equestrian Manager.
DATES AND BENEFITS
-April to Mid May is when we set up camp, we welcome folks willing to do manual labor tasks as we prepare the camp to be summer ready.
-May 13th 2025 marks the start of our staff training, all full-summer staff must be ready to start then and work through till August 9th.
After that, from Mid-August till the end of September, is post-season and camp break down, there are still family camps and school groups but we also focus on break down and 'winterizing' our site.
In addition to a summer wage of $5000, Housing, utilities, and meals are provided for the entire summer season. All meals are healthy and organic, with a wide range of alternative diet choices being accommodated. This is a paid position, with a single salaried amount for the summer season.
All staff must be available for our main season. Our staff training is 3.5 weeks long, which allows us to teach our staff an incredible amount of child psychology, activity facilitation, and community building opportunities are available to stay for additional work and pay during the post-season assisting with family camps and school groups before staff training (start of May) and after the summer (August and September).
REQUIRED BITS
-Must be at least 19 years old by June 1st, 2025
-Must be available for our full summer season (May 13th - August 9th)
-Ability to commit to 5-8 hours of pre-camp onboarding work a week from when you are hired to when you arrive, and maintain prompt communication about that work.
-Must be willing and able to either show proof of a COVID vaccine and booster, OR proof of a positive COVID test since Sept 1, 2024.
-Previous and meaningful work in childcare or outdoor education
-Life experience! We hope to have a diverse range of people who can share their perspectives
-Ability and willingness to work at a sustained, high-energy pace for extended time (seriously, how's your energy level?)
If this sparks something in you, ask us for the link to the staff interest form and a member of our Hiring Team will be in touch within 48 hours!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As a community of 60+ staff members we have a strong community dedicated to child development, play, and personal growth. Staff will have an opportunity to be a part of a unique American summer camp organization, explore the local area, including Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, and Grouse Ridge.
As a member of our community, we hope that you will be able to bring your deep knowledge of the world, your unique perspective on human interaction, and the skills and hobbies that you have developed during your lifetime.
With 3.5 weeks of staff training on child psychology, group communication, and non-profit culture, we offer quite a bit of learning opportunities to everyone in our community, as well as providing them with opportunities to share their knowledge and skill with us.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
The type of help throughout the summer depends greatly upon role of the person in the community. For any role the days are just packed.
Counselors during the summer will be in a cabin with five campers each week, facilitate activities throughout the day, play in camp-wide games in the evening, eat community meals during the day, and find other ways to improve camp operations. When campers are not on site we focus on program development, site maintenance, and activity preparation.
This is a residential job. The summer wage is $5000, and we provide housing, utilities, and freshly-made organic food every day!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Housing options look like a platform tent, a cabin, or a treehouse! Live in the woods surrounded by a Sierra Nevada forest, and fall asleep to the sound of a river.
What else ...
We are located just outside beautiful and historic Nevada City, AKA Gold Country. There is plenty of site-seeing to do nearby between the Yuba River and the Sierra-Nevada mountains.
Interested in city exploration? We are:
1.5 hours from Sacramento
1.5 hours from Reno
1.5 hours from Lake Tahoe
3 hours from San Francisco.
We have several camp vehicles that can be checked out, and staff are more than willing to share their own cars.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
There have been a handful of staff who have parked their campervans in the parking lot with the other staff cars. Nothing too large please.
Can possibly accept pets
We've accepted staff who have brought well-trained dogs with them.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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