Working as a counselor for the summer is an excellent choice for those young people and girls who love to communicate with children and want to spend the summer in nature, and even make money. However, as in any work, there are subtleties here.
Instructions
Step 1
If you like to communicate with children, then as employment in the summer, you can get a job as a counselor in a children's camp. Usually, the main recruitment goes to teacher training institutions, students of which require practice. However, teacher education is not a requirement. In newspapers, advertisements for a counselor's vacancy are published extremely rarely, so you need to either call the heads of children's camps with a proposal for your candidacy, or periodically look at the message boards of pedagogical colleges and universities.
Step 2
It is also worth looking at job sites on the Internet and ads on social networks. Please note that only an adult can be accepted as a counselor. The camps are recruited in the spring, so you need to take action to find a job in advance. However, even in the middle of the summer period, a free place may appear if one of the counselors fell ill or was forced to leave the camp.
Step 3
Another way to get a job as a counselor is to join the pedagogical team. There are such detachments in many higher educational institutions, and they are engaged precisely in the centralized training of children's counselors. The admission rules there are quite loyal to everyone, you don't even have to study at the same university. You can find such units on social networks on the Internet, or just go to the nearest large educational institutions and see the schedule of sections and circles. In addition, you can become a counselor through centers for children and youth creativity that train tourist instructors.
Step 4
For the device as a counselor, of course, experience of similar work is desirable. In many cities of Russia, special preparatory courses are held, where future counselors will learn about the work of the camp, the organization of the day, entertainment and educational activities. It is better to spend some time on self-preparation, so that it would be more interesting for your little wards to live in the camp. Please note that to work as a counselor, you must have a personal medical record, which is drawn up in specialized medical institutions. To get it, you need to pass a medical examination and pass a theoretical exam.
Step 5
You should not count on the fact that the work of a counselor is recreation in nature. First of all, it is a great responsibility. Be prepared for stressful situations and almost irregular work hours. In addition, the counselor should be an example for children, therefore, smoking and drinking alcohol are often prohibited on the territory of children's camps. On the other hand, this is an invaluable experience that will be useful to you more than once in your future life.
