Childcare

Childcare

We are looking to hire one staff member to act as a Cabin Purple Counsellor, i.e. the counsellor for our special pre-overnight camper program for parents and kids.

A nurturing and fun-loving individual, it will be your responsibility to care for 5 children ranging in ages from 3½ – 6. Working 6 days a week, you will supervise kids throughout their daily activities and midday meals, providing evening supervision, along with baby-sitting services 3 nights out of the week. Some swimming skills are required, along with a lot of enthusiasm.

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Responsibilities

  • Picking up kids from their cabins after breakfast.
  • Rotating through scheduled activities.
  • Serving up lunch at the Purple table.
  • Bringing kids to their parents in the main dining area.
  • Counsellor lunch.
  • Supervising kids during their rest hour.
  • Rotating through 3rd and 4th period activities.
  • Escorting campers to 5th period swim lessons and assisting staff during lessons.
  • Getting kids changed for dinner and then back to their parents for the evening meal.
  • After-dinner playground time with the kids.
  • Making sure parents and kids find their way back to their cabins at 7:30 or 8 pm.
  • The counsellor has 3 off-duty nights and 3 nights of baby-sitting, to allow parents to attend staff programs.

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