Summer Camp Counselor

BGC St. Albans Club is looking for enthusiastic energetic and dedicated individuals to work in our summer day camp programs at our Palmerston location at 843 Palmerston Avenue.

Your role as a Camp Counselor will be to provide a safe and supportive environment for the program participants. This program is designed for children 4-12 years of age. Program components include education recreation social activities sports health and nutrition mentoring and the arts.

Responsibilities:

• Plan organize and lead a group of children in a group setting
• Ensure that you are creating a safe and enjoyable environment for participants
• Create and facilitate fun creative and inclusive activities for all participants
• Ensure that all equipment and supplies are in safe working condition
• Complete appropriate administrative tasks in a timely manner (i.e. attendances head counts incident reports program plans etc.)

• Developing and planning programs that meet the interests of children and/or youth between the ages of 4 and 21 years.
• Ensuring programs are safe age/developmentally appropriate non-competitive inclusive innovative and skilled-based in nature.

• Help to ensure the safety and security of the members and assist in responding to critical incidents as outlined in the Clubs policies and procedures
• Participate in staff training orientation sessions professional development sessions.

• Always ensuring the safety and supervision of participants by strictly following guidelines and procedures. (i.e. headcounts ratios)

• Dealing with conflicts and behavior management immediately using corrective techniques as discussed in training
• Report to and takes direction from Program Manager and Supervisors
• Do other related tasks as assigned. (i.e. pre-setup & end of day clean up)
• Maintain professional relationships with peers members volunteers parents and other Club members including supervisors & staff team
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings

• Arrive no later than 10 minutes prior to scheduled shift.
• Maintaining all health & safety and disinfecting procedures & policies

Qualifications:

• Educational background applicable to the position
• Experience working with children 4 to 12 years old
• Strong skills in one or more of the following areas: sports arts swimming recreation education health and nutrition
• Strong supervision and program planning skills
• Good decision making and problem-solving skills
• Current First Aid and CPR Level C training
• Police Reference Check (to be completed upon hiring)
• HIGH-FIVE - Principles of Healthy Child Development training

Skills in this area are considered an asset:

• Soccer
• Science
• Basketball
• Photography
• Lego Robotics
• Art
• Musical Theatre
• Dance
• Gaming

Contract Period: June 22nd 2026 September 4th 2026

Hours: 35 per week Monday to Friday; need to be available 5 days a week

Wages: starting at $17.20/ hour

Contact:

Sade Drummond-Hunter

Childrens Program Manager

416.534.8461 ext. 223

Kassandra Crooks

Childrens Program Manager

416.534.8461 ext. 223

Required Experience:

Manager