Join our Summer Staff Team!
Thinking of applying to work at Camp Northland for the summer? Here are a few things you might need to know while preparing your application:
- Camp Northland is committed to employment equity and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.
- If you require an accommodation at any point during the hiring/employment process please let us know as we will work with you to meet your needs.
- All responses will be handled with strict confidence.
Why work here?
- We strive to make the summer experience an amazing one for the campers and for the staff!
- Working at NBB is a memorable, social, and transformative experience where you can hone your skills and learn new ones…all while making a positive contribution to the Jewish community!
- Our staff gains valuable experience in childcare, mentorship, teamwork, problem solving, programming, leadership and more!
- We have an internship matching program, where we match staff with potential employers and organizations to host staff for a meaningful internship opportunity is May and June so that staff are able to return to camp in July and August.
- Without a doubt, the skills that you will develop at NBB will impact your future, educationally, professionally, and personally!
Staff Internship Matching Program
Calling all ALUMNI, EMPLOYERS, or ANYONE that is fortunate to be able to provide a spring internship opportunity. We have so many amazing, driven, hard working staff (1st year University or higher) who are looking to really get the most out of their spring and summer. They will continue to grow and develop amazing life long skills at camp this summer, and yet they are ALSO looking for ways to do that in the spring time as well, while still getting to come to camp.
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS:
Please CLICK HERE to fill out a short form about the potential opportunity, helping us match you with one of our summer superstars.
CURRENT SUMMER STAFF:
Please CLICK HERE to fill out a short form letting us know what opportunities you are interested, to help us find you the perfect match.
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS:
Please CLICK HERE to fill out a short form about the potential opportunity, helping us match you with one of our summer superstars.
CURRENT SUMMER STAFF:
Please CLICK HERE to fill out a short form letting us know what opportunities you are interested, to help us find you the perfect match.
Staff Resources
STAFF POLICIES:
The following policies are in place for the safety of our staff, campers, and their families. Please read through these policies carefully, as they are all important standards in running a fun and safe summer camp.
If you have any questions at all regarding any policy, please contact our office at (905) 881-0018.
INTERNATIONAL STAFF:
The following is a helpful manual that will help ease the transition to camp for our staff joining us from all over the world!
JOB DESCRIPTIONS: If you would like further descriptions on specific jobs at camp, please contact our camp office or email Adam Kertesz, Associate Director
The following policies are in place for the safety of our staff, campers, and their families. Please read through these policies carefully, as they are all important standards in running a fun and safe summer camp.
- Camp Northland Staff Policy Manual
- Camp Northland Staff Handbook: Procedures, Expectations and Resources
If you have any questions at all regarding any policy, please contact our office at (905) 881-0018.
INTERNATIONAL STAFF:
The following is a helpful manual that will help ease the transition to camp for our staff joining us from all over the world!
JOB DESCRIPTIONS: If you would like further descriptions on specific jobs at camp, please contact our camp office or email Adam Kertesz, Associate Director
Supplemental Camp Policies related to Summer 2020 and On-line Programming (Updated June,2020)
Staff:
Our standard Code of Conduct, regulations and policies apply wherever applicable, as posted on our website and updated from time to time. Staff and/or volunteers or ‘volunteer staff’ (former staff that are helping facilitate these programs as volunteers) [collectively referred to as ‘staff’ herein] are also mandated to adhere to and comply without exception to all Staff Policies. This is an additional supplement to the existing policies.
The following policies are in place for the safety of our staff, campers, and their families. Please read through these policies carefully, as they are all important standards in running a fun and safe summer camp.
All staff must at all times without exception:
• Apply professional standards to all online interactions with campers and parents.
• Maintain professional boundaries by communicating with campers and parents during appropriate times of day and through established and authorized camp platforms (as opposed to staff using their own personal accounts).
• Keep communication goal-oriented and tied to outcomes for a specific camp program.
• Keep all forms of communication transparent by including parents on all correspondence.
• Camp staff must avoid sharing personal videos or requesting a camper share personal videos. If a video is created tied to a camp program/activity, it can only be used if posted to a camp approved platform for campers to access as opposed to sending directly to a camper’s personal account.
• Follow Camp Northland’s privacy policies if posting any digital pictures or other identifying information on social media or websites. For summer 2020, all such posting should be approved by our Directors in advance.
• Set appropriate restrictions to maximize your privacy on your personal social media accounts, ensuring that campers cannot view or post content.
• Refrain from sending or accepting friend requests from campers or liking content in campers’ personal social media accounts.
• Ensure transparency during video chat discussions with campers. While chatting, all parties should be located in common/high traffic household areas (bedrooms/bathrooms are off limits). Proper clothing attire should also be worn.
Questions to ask yourself:
• Would a parent/guardian consider my interaction as reasonable and professional?
• Protocols and procedures if something must be considered and understood in advance of any session. If something happens, (consider issues like abuse/injury/another child not ‘registered’ joins the program [sibling for example]), you must take appropriate action immediately, advise a supervising Director, and complete and submit an incident report to the supervising Director within 24 hours of the incident occurring.
• What are the reporting procedures (Children’s Aid Society, local Police Department) – all of the expectations as outlined in our policies and manuals around ‘Duty to Report’ apply despite the on-line setting.
Examples of inappropriate electronic communication include:
• Intimate or personal texting with campers.
• Sexualized exchanges (communication, pictures, etc.) with campers.
• Using informal and unprofessional language, such as profanity with campers.
• Criticizing campers, parents or colleagues.
• Posting or forwarding content, links or comments that might be considered inappropriate, offensive,
discriminatory or inconsistent with professional or ethical standards.
• Communicating with campers through personal social media accounts or apps.
Staff must participate and successfully complete our summer 2020 on-line training session(s) and complete and submit a ‘volunteer’ form if not under contract for summer 2020 as a camp employee.
Staff:
Our standard Code of Conduct, regulations and policies apply wherever applicable, as posted on our website and updated from time to time. Staff and/or volunteers or ‘volunteer staff’ (former staff that are helping facilitate these programs as volunteers) [collectively referred to as ‘staff’ herein] are also mandated to adhere to and comply without exception to all Staff Policies. This is an additional supplement to the existing policies.
The following policies are in place for the safety of our staff, campers, and their families. Please read through these policies carefully, as they are all important standards in running a fun and safe summer camp.
- Camp Northland Staff Policy Manual
- Camp Northland Staff Handbook: Procedures, Expectations and Resources
All staff must at all times without exception:
• Apply professional standards to all online interactions with campers and parents.
• Maintain professional boundaries by communicating with campers and parents during appropriate times of day and through established and authorized camp platforms (as opposed to staff using their own personal accounts).
• Keep communication goal-oriented and tied to outcomes for a specific camp program.
• Keep all forms of communication transparent by including parents on all correspondence.
• Camp staff must avoid sharing personal videos or requesting a camper share personal videos. If a video is created tied to a camp program/activity, it can only be used if posted to a camp approved platform for campers to access as opposed to sending directly to a camper’s personal account.
• Follow Camp Northland’s privacy policies if posting any digital pictures or other identifying information on social media or websites. For summer 2020, all such posting should be approved by our Directors in advance.
• Set appropriate restrictions to maximize your privacy on your personal social media accounts, ensuring that campers cannot view or post content.
• Refrain from sending or accepting friend requests from campers or liking content in campers’ personal social media accounts.
• Ensure transparency during video chat discussions with campers. While chatting, all parties should be located in common/high traffic household areas (bedrooms/bathrooms are off limits). Proper clothing attire should also be worn.
Questions to ask yourself:
• Would a parent/guardian consider my interaction as reasonable and professional?
• Protocols and procedures if something must be considered and understood in advance of any session. If something happens, (consider issues like abuse/injury/another child not ‘registered’ joins the program [sibling for example]), you must take appropriate action immediately, advise a supervising Director, and complete and submit an incident report to the supervising Director within 24 hours of the incident occurring.
• What are the reporting procedures (Children’s Aid Society, local Police Department) – all of the expectations as outlined in our policies and manuals around ‘Duty to Report’ apply despite the on-line setting.
Examples of inappropriate electronic communication include:
• Intimate or personal texting with campers.
• Sexualized exchanges (communication, pictures, etc.) with campers.
• Using informal and unprofessional language, such as profanity with campers.
• Criticizing campers, parents or colleagues.
• Posting or forwarding content, links or comments that might be considered inappropriate, offensive,
discriminatory or inconsistent with professional or ethical standards.
• Communicating with campers through personal social media accounts or apps.
Staff must participate and successfully complete our summer 2020 on-line training session(s) and complete and submit a ‘volunteer’ form if not under contract for summer 2020 as a camp employee.
