Therapeutic Camp Leader - Camp Possible
Talbert House
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Posted on Apr 11, 2025
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 to constant talking and hearing.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment including computer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or on the basis of disability.