Outdoor Youth Counselor

Location Address: 7027 East Stage Coach Trail Floral City FL 34436

**Hiring Immediately. Relocation Assistance Provided.**

Are you a recent graduate Do you have a bachelors degree love to work outdoors and want to make the world a better place for atrisk teenage girls Eckerd Connects Camp ENiniHassee is seeking Outdoor Youth Counselors for our residential facilityin Floral City Florida. This position lives with girls ages 12 to 17 providing daily hygienic oversight therapeutic support/group counseling related to teenage girls and therapeutic outdoor adventures such as canoeing backpacking and ropes course activities.

Our Benefits:

• LowCost Medical Dental and Vision Insurance
• 19 days of Paid Time Off the first year
• 11 paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid shortterm and voluntary longterm disability
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance

Compensation Range up to $36500. Compensation range includes base salary plus room and board.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Outdoor Youth Counselor provides therapeutic support to 1012 teenage girls who struggle with low selfesteem anxiety depression family conflicts neglect and poor academic performance.
• Provide daily supervision and support to residents in a structured and safe living environment. Serve as a coteacher while youth attend the onsite school each day. Monitor youth behavior and ensure environment is conducive to learning.
• You will have the unique opportunity to live onsite and foster positive relationships guiding and mentoring youth as they navigate personal and educational challenges.
• As a livein residential counselor flexible schedule availability is required including some nights and weekends. Responsible for overall supervision of the youth which includes working 24 hours a day for 5 days a week. The purpose of 24/5 flexible schedule availability while onsite is to support residents in crisis situations and provide conflict resolution and deescalation techniques. Room and board are provided in an offcampus house at no cost for the days the Counselor/Teacher is not working.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited College or University in social or human service field required.
• Physical ability to stand for extended amounts of time as well as walk regularly throughout the wilderness terrain 24hr/fiveday work week
• Maintain a positive attitude in a wilderness setting with exposure to outdoors and/or weather conditions
• Required to pass a drug screen in compliance with our Substance Abuse and DrugFree Workplace policy.

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About our Program

Camp ENiniHassee was founded in 1969 by Jack and Ruth Eckerd as the first outdoor therapeutic program for girls atrisk in the southeast. We provide a positive strengthbased environment for girls ages 1218 to experience nurturing guidance.

We present a realitytherapy approach in a residential outdoor therapeutic environment using alliances with staff and group therapy to provide safety adventure and education. Each girl receives individualized treatment and is supported with family services. We provide an accredited education on site with certified teachers and transferable credits.

We help girls considered atrisk who are struggling with school causing family conflicts experimenting with experiencing depression have low selfesteem or are exhibiting emotional problems and behavioral issues.

Our Program Location

Eckerd Connects Camp ENiniHassee

7027 East Stage Coach Trail

Floral City FL 34436

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