Job Summary: This class is accountable for communicating with staff/parents, for providing individualized support for campers with disabilities, adapting activities, ensuring safety and assisting with fostering inclusion to provide an enriching camp experience.

Supervision Received: Receives administrative direction from Recreation Coordinators, Recreation Supervisors, Adaptive Recreation Summer Camp Director, the Director of Recreation and Parks or their designee.

Supervision Exercised: May supervise or lead lower-level professional and technical staff as assigned.

Examples of Essential Duties:

• Attends regularly scheduled staff meetings, training programs and in-service training as required.

• Performs all related tasks as required or as directed.

This classification specification has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to perform the job. The Town of Fairfield reserves the right to assign or otherwise modify the duties assigned to this classification.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, children (individually and in large groups) and their family members, and the general public.
• Solid observational skills and the ability to make behavioral assessments.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to supervise, direct, instruct, and solicit cooperation from others in the performance of their daily work assignments and duties.
• Ability to remain patient and supportive with special needs campers.
• Must be able to follow directions, schedules, be organized, and interact well with other counselors, supervisors, parents, and children.
• Ability to work collaboratively with campers, counselors, and camp directors.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing situations and children's needs.
• Ability to exercise independent judgement, discretion and to provide leadership.
• Ability to answer inquiries, resolve complaints, and communicate with the public in an effective, tactful courteous, and professional manner.
• Demonstrates creativity, ability to motivate children, positive attitude.

Minimum Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

• Must be available Monday – Friday, June 15 to July 31
• 8:45AM – 3:15PM, (Hours may vary due to field trips or afterschool scheduling).

Working Conditions, Physical and Mental Requirements: Employees appointed to positions in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties of the class. A physical examination may be required.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the work the employee performs is primarily in outside environmental conditions in extreme heat, constant sun, wind, blowing sand conditions, and rain. Employee is subject to noise which requires shouting in order to be heard above the sound of surf and crowd conditions. The employee is exposed to wet and /or humid conditions.

THE TOWN OF FAIRFIELD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of the Town of Fairfield to ensure equal employment opportunity for all employees and to prohibit unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, creed, age, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical and mental disability.

The Town of Fairfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Town will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourage both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the Town when necessary.