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HOW TO APPLY:
1. Read the detailed "2021 Camp Bethel Summer Camp Information" packet.
2. Read the information below.
2. Click the "New" or "Returning" button below.
1. Read the detailed "2021 Camp Bethel Summer Camp Information" packet.
2. Read the information below.
2. Click the "New" or "Returning" button below.
We strongly recommend all summer staff take steps to get vaccinated as soon as possible. To find easy and FREE vaccination options near you, visit vaccinate.virginia.gov. Having a fully vaccinated staff will make programmatic things like staff housing and staff training significantly easier. All staff will agree to and adhere to a Healthy Behavior Agreement concerning weekends and time off (coming soon). Staff who are vaccinated will follow a separate, more flexible Healthy Behavior Agreement.
Hiring 5 men and 5 women.
$320/week for 6 or 7 weeks; add'l $25/wk each returning year, plus $200(+) end-of-summer bonus, plus $300 for every adult counselor you recuit, and $100 for every male Junior Counselor you recruit! Training is May 31-June 11, 2021, and paid weeks are June 13-July 24/31. (Total commitment is 8-or-9 weeks.). Housing, meals, laundry house, and supplies provided May 31-July 24/31. Additional paid work available Aug 1-14. 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.
$320/week for 6 or 7 weeks; add'l $25/wk each returning year, plus $200(+) end-of-summer bonus, plus $300 for every adult counselor you recuit, and $100 for every male Junior Counselor you recruit! Training is May 31-June 11, 2021, and paid weeks are June 13-July 24/31. (Total commitment is 8-or-9 weeks.). Housing, meals, laundry house, and supplies provided May 31-July 24/31. Additional paid work available Aug 1-14. 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.
Senior Counselor Description (ages 18+):
Note: In 2021, all adult counselors are Senior Counselors, with no distinction between Resident Camp Counselors, Adventure Counselors, and Day Camp Counselors. For full position description and Summer Staff polices, read THIS document.
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. In addition to the Senior Counselors and Junior Counselors, each Unit will have a Unit Coordinator who is trained to lead all specialized camp activities (high ropes, crafts, Bible study, etc.). 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: Mini-Camp & Day Camp (ages 5-7), Elementary Camp (ages 8-11), Middle School (ages 12-14), and High School (ages 15-17). Summer 2021 will have new and added health-and-safety protocols to prevent the spread of communicable diseases (COVID).
No matter what percentage of the population is vaccinated by May 31 and no matter how circumstances have changed, we must operate as if everyone has COVID while at the same time adapting all we do at camp to mitigate the risk of virus transmission from person to person. For this reason, we must take our new health-and-safety protocols seriously. If you can not or will not take them seriously, do not apply. Implementing multiple COVID risk-mitigation protocols requires altering our staff structure, limiting exposure to other Units, and giving Units more autonomy. For 2021, we will not hire specific Coordinators for Ropes, Spiritual Life, Media, or Trips. Instead, we will have a team of 8 adult Unit Coordinators (4 females and 4 males) who are trained to lead EVERYTHING. Each Unit will have a Unit Coordinator who oversees the Unit’s specialized activities (crafts, high ropes, Bible Study, etc.) and ensures COVID-19 protocols. Ideally, each co-ed Unit will include 1 Unit Coordinator, 1 Senior Counselor, and 2 Junior Counselors, with a maximum of 10 campers. Single-gendered Units could be one cabin or two. Alongside our 8 Unit Coordinators, we are hiring a minimum of 10 Senior Counselors (5 females; 5 males) and a maximum of 14 Junior Counselors (7 females; 7 males).
Staff Recommendation Form
View a detailed position description and 2021 Summer Staff Policies.
Note: In 2021, all adult counselors are Senior Counselors, with no distinction between Resident Camp Counselors, Adventure Counselors, and Day Camp Counselors. For full position description and Summer Staff polices, read THIS document.
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. In addition to the Senior Counselors and Junior Counselors, each Unit will have a Unit Coordinator who is trained to lead all specialized camp activities (high ropes, crafts, Bible study, etc.). 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: Mini-Camp & Day Camp (ages 5-7), Elementary Camp (ages 8-11), Middle School (ages 12-14), and High School (ages 15-17). Summer 2021 will have new and added health-and-safety protocols to prevent the spread of communicable diseases (COVID).
No matter what percentage of the population is vaccinated by May 31 and no matter how circumstances have changed, we must operate as if everyone has COVID while at the same time adapting all we do at camp to mitigate the risk of virus transmission from person to person. For this reason, we must take our new health-and-safety protocols seriously. If you can not or will not take them seriously, do not apply. Implementing multiple COVID risk-mitigation protocols requires altering our staff structure, limiting exposure to other Units, and giving Units more autonomy. For 2021, we will not hire specific Coordinators for Ropes, Spiritual Life, Media, or Trips. Instead, we will have a team of 8 adult Unit Coordinators (4 females and 4 males) who are trained to lead EVERYTHING. Each Unit will have a Unit Coordinator who oversees the Unit’s specialized activities (crafts, high ropes, Bible Study, etc.) and ensures COVID-19 protocols. Ideally, each co-ed Unit will include 1 Unit Coordinator, 1 Senior Counselor, and 2 Junior Counselors, with a maximum of 10 campers. Single-gendered Units could be one cabin or two. Alongside our 8 Unit Coordinators, we are hiring a minimum of 10 Senior Counselors (5 females; 5 males) and a maximum of 14 Junior Counselors (7 females; 7 males).
Staff Recommendation Form
View a detailed position description and 2021 Summer Staff Policies.
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