Youth Adventure Staff Job at Whetstone Academy, LLC, Mountain Rest, SC

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  • Whetstone Academy, LLC
  • Mountain Rest, SC

Job Description

 

Adventure Staff guide students on safe and quality weekend trips. Trips may be local day outings or overnight camping opportunities. Each opportunity is typically academically driven that expands a students cultural awareness and/or personal enrichment. Students also have the opportunity to learn primitive camping and wilderness skills

Adventure Staff play a crucial role in our students' success. They build trusting relationships, hold boundaries, and structure daily recreational and therapeutic activities with support and guidance from the team and manager. 

 

Schedule:

Friday - Sunday 8 am - 9:30 pm; overnight sleep hours may be required

Responsibilities:

  • Provide a nurturing environment and close supervision of students
  • Utilize natural and logical consequences to hold students accountable
  • Employ relationship and counseling skills effectively
  • Complete all necessary student documentation
  • Attend, participate and complete all mandatory training

Requirements:

  • Love working with children
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Experience working with youth
  • Love the outdoors
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Flexibility to work doubles during the day and overnight on the weekends 
  • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
  • Pass a background check

Competencies Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Behaviors:

  1. Empathy
  2. Communication Skills
  3. Role Modeling
  4. Mentoring
  5. Conflict Resolution
  6. Creativity
  7. Knowledge of Youth Development
  8. Teamwork
  9. Flexibility
  10. Positive Attitude

 

Whetstone Academy is a highly esteemed therapeutic boarding school for 9-15 year old boys located in Mountain Rest, South Carolina, within minutes of the Chattooga River. WA is accredited through Cognia and CARF. We have a nationwide reputation for providing high-quality care for our students and their families leading to students' success upon return to the home environment. Our core values are integrity, quality, unity, and gratitude. We seek to embody these values as we serve boys who experience trauma, grief, loss, attachment issues, anxiety, depression, ADHD, ODD, autism spectrum disorders, and school refusal. We utilize a relationship based model with our students with a focus on trauma informed care. At Whetstone Academy, we invest in the culture of our program at every opportunity. 

 

Whetstone Academy - sharpening behavioral, academic, social, and emotional skills since 2011.

 

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Job Tags

Odd job, Local area, Night shift, Weekend work

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