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Position Summary:  Actively supervises and engages with campers throughout the day, including during group treatment services, lunch, structured recess, and recreational/enrichment activities to create a safe and therapeutic environment.

TWO (2) REQUIRED TRAINING DAYS: 5/26/2025 - 5/27/2025

CAMP POSSIBLE DATES: 6/2/2025 - 8/1/2025

Position Description:

• Monitor camper's location and interactions at all times
• Helps plan, organize, prepare for, implement, and support therapeutic and recreational activities in conjunction with Treatment Group Leaders and Recreation Group Leaders.
• Role model appropriate interactions and teach campers how to interact positively with peers in a group setting. 
• Role model and teach campers how to manage feelings and behaviors in a safe manner that supports interpersonal growth and development.
• Uses a trauma informed approached when interacting with campers and families.
• Develop and maintain healthy and professional relationships with clients. Maintain appropriate boundaries.
• Monitor client self-administration of medications and maintain documentation.
• Actively utilize approved intervention continuum techniques to maintain safety.
• Prevent and respond per trained guidelines to crisis situations.
• Intervene as early as possible to deescalate situations utilizing verbal prevention strategies. 
• Prevent incidents which threaten safety or security of facility, staff, campers, or general public by intervening as soon as possible to de-escalate
• Handle and/or assist in emergency situations until contact with or in cooperation with appropriate authorities (e.g. administers first aid)
• Recognizes behavior changes and work with therapist and other staff to address as necessary
• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrate acceptable administrative and professional behavior; demonstrate good communication skills and a strong customer service orientation; adhere to acceptable professional/clinical boundaries and confidentiality requirements.
• Deal with problems involving several variables in familiar context
• Recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate action
• Assure compliance with operational safety procedures (e.g. communicates with peers and/or other sites)
• Give or exchange facts and information
• Operate office equipment (photocopier and computer)
• Read and record information, including completing any required forms
• Talbert House programs, safety, services, security, custodial care, policies and procedures
• Agency security practices and procedures, first aid, CPR, addition and subtraction
• Knowledge and compliance with HIPAA
• Knowledge of Teaching Family Model Practices
• De-escalation techniques of crisis situations
• Resolving conflicts/crisis or unusual incidents in an open, effective and timely manner utilizing appropriate crisis intervention and prevention skills.
• Performing various record keeping duties
• Driving

Job Requirements:

• High School Graduate or High School Equivalency
• At least 21 years of age
• Complete and maintain training and/or certification as required by the agency

Essential Functions/Physical Demands:

Positional: Driving in accordance with job duties assigned. Frequent standing and walking.  Occasional sitting.

Gross Mobility: Rare climbing, or crawling. Infrequent balancing, stooping, kneeling, or crouching. Frequent reaching, and handling.

Sensory: Rare tasting/smelling. Infrequent use of color vision. Frequent use of far visual acuity, depth perception, and field of vision. Frequent use of near and midrange visual acuity, and visual accommodation. Frequent