Senior Counselor Description (ages 18+):
In teams of two to four, counselors are "in loco parentis" (in place of parents) for their Unit of 8-10 campers.  Counselors are expected to be fully engaged with campers, keep their campers safe, act as role models, and guide campers through the schedule/activities they have planned together.  During staff training, all counselors will learn the activity skills they will need. Activities that are offered on-site at Camp Bethel include swimming, hiking, biking, crafts, creek-play, cook-outs, singing, challenge course, high-ropes course, low-ropes course, archery, nature study, group games, skits, Bible study, worship, campfires, and campouts, with many more activities offered off-site. Counselors stay in a cabin with their campers at night. When assigned to an Adventure Unit, Counselors stay with their campers at night in their Adventure Village platform hut. Most units are co-ed.  All sleeping facilities are separated by gender: female counselors stay in cabins/huts with female campers, and male counselors stay in cabins/huts with male campers.  Each morning, units reunite at Morning Watch. Senior Counselors will work with all ages:
$2220+ for 6 weeks. $2540 for 7 weeks. $320/wk. ​Add'l $25/wk each returning year, plus $300(+) end-of-summer bonus, plus $300 for every adult counselor you recuit! Training is May 30-June 10, 2022, and paid weeks are June 12-July 23/30. (Total commitment is 8-or-9 weeks.) Except for June 3-5, weekends are off duty Fridays 8:00pm through Sundays 12:00pm. Unpaid time off is available with advanced arrangement.  Housing, meals, laundry house, wifi, and supplies provided May 30-July 23/30. Add'l paid work available July 31- August 13. This is a resident position and Senior Counselors are on site and on duty each week 12:00pm Sunday through 8:30pm Friday and off duty 8:30pm Friday through 12:00pm Sunday. Off duty on-site housing is provided and encouraged, but it is not required while off duty.