Youth Care Worker- Staff

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Job Title:

Youth Care Worker- Staff

Department:

Social Work | Collaborative Community Initiatives

The College of Social Work is hiring summer camp youth workers for LiFEsports.  LiFEsports is a summer program that aims to foster social competence among youth through their involvement in sport, fitness, and educational activities.  To read more about this opportunity and the program offerings follow the link below.  
  
https://lifesports.osu.edu/what-we-do/outreach/elementary-middle-school-programs/lifesports-summer-camp/ 

 

The College of Social Work's LiFEsports department is hiring the following roles:  

• Recreation Leader 

• Chalk Talk Leader 

• Enrichment Leader 

• Group Counselor 

 

All of these will be titled as the Youth Care Worker, but you can read the description for each role below. 

 

Youth Care Worker (Recreation Leader, Chalk Talk Leader, Enrichment Leader and Group Counselor) 

Campus Anticipated Hours: 7:30 am – 3:30 pm 

Community & Dublin Anticipated Hours: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm 

Description:  Youth Care Workers at LiFEsports are responsible for the supervision of youth throughout the LiFEsports summer camps.   Youth care workers are assigned to one of four camp responsibilities – Recreation Leader, Chalk Talk Leader, Enrichment Leader, or group Counselor.  

 

Recreation Leaders provide sport instruction based on evidence-based curricula designed to support social skill development for youth. Specifically, Recreation Leaders lead four, one-hour sport sessions per day to approximately 15-20 youth at a time.  Sports to be led by Recreation Leaders include: baseball/softball, basketball, dance, football, health & fitness, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, ultimate frisbee, and volleyball.  Recreation Leaders on campus will be responsible for teaching only one sport while community-based recreation leaders will teach multiple sports. 

 

Chalk Talk Leaders provide evidence-based social skill instruction to youth