Established in 1924, The Rowe Center is a warm, friendly, and always exciting place to work. Our staff is small, and as a nonprofit, we ask a lot of our employees; however, The Rowe Center provides a rare opportunity to live your values in the workplace. A high priority is placed on community, acceptance, and work-life balance. Are you interested in joining our team? See our seasonal and year-round opportunities below. All applicants will be required to submit to a criminal background check as we work with children during summer camps.
Year-Round Openings
Pre Head CKitchen Assistant
Part-time 25-33 hours
Join the Rowe Center with this fun and fast paced food service position.
The Kitchen Assistant will support our Head Chef and Assistant Cook in preparing and serving scratch made meals and baked goods for large groups, as well as cleaning and maintaining the kitchen. The right person for this position has a genuine interest in preparing quality food and the ability to fully understand and apply all health code standards. This position requires teamwork and the ability to think on your feet and follow directions. Physical stamina, positive attitude and the ability to work under pressure are also critical to success. The person who fills this position will also be expected to perform Head Chef or Assistant Cook duties during the Head Chef’s time off, based on directions of the Head Chef.
The schedule is flexible and a housing option may be available for those applying.
Required:
Applicants must be able to work weekends and evenings when there is scheduled programming.
Ability to prepare and serve meals for 20-50 people, primarily buffet and/or family style.
Previous kitchen experience is preferred.
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to Dan Ross,Head Chef: dan@rowecenter.org.
Summer Openings
Each summer Rowe hires a variety of positions. Some positions are camp-specific. Positions vary in duration from two weeks to four weeks while others are all summer long (May-October).
Summer Camp Jobs at The Rowe Center in Western Mass
Summer Camp Co-Director
Are you ready to lead an unforgettable summer adventure for youth? Join us as a Co-Director at our youth camp for Summer 2024! As part of a dedicated team, you will take on the responsibility of overseeing the camp program, managing the camp staff, and ensuring the well-being and happiness of our campers. In close collaboration with the Interim Executive Director, you will coordinate with various departments, including the camp counselors, camp program staff, kitchen staff, facilities staff and camper families to ensure the seamless operation of our camp. If you have a passion for creating positive experiences for young campers and are up for the challenge, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity.
Summer Camp Staff
At Rowe Camp’s our programming fosters age-appropriate critical thinking and reflection as much as it does curiosity, creativity, and joy. This provides the means to explore essential topics like power and diversity, friendship and intimacy, and technology and society at any developmental level.
Campers are challenged to balance freedom and self-expression with compassion for and responsibility to themselves and others. Campers, as a body, take an active role in decision-making and envisioning the future of camp, and their contributions are what make each session unique. Staff are responsible for creating these safe spaces.
Program Staff
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Run daily workshops
- Attend staff meeting everyday
- Attend Pre Camp
- Provide supervision on camp where programming is not happening
- Program both small group and all camp activities with a variety of tones, structure, and purpose
- Report to Co-Directors
- Being present and with campers whenever not running programming or planning
- To take full time off and breaks
- Lead a group of campers in Kitchen Clean Up for a meal roughly every other day and in a weekly All Camp Clean Up
- Support Cabin Staff with the cabin and attend check in every night
- Monitor and help facilitate camper emotional and physical well-being practices
- Cover sleeping in cabins for Cabin Staff when they have time off
Cabin Staff
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Sleep in the Cabins
- Attend Cabin Staff meeting regularly
- Attend staff meeting everyday
- Attend Pre Camp
- Work with CITs in management and well-being of cabin
- Provide supervision on camp where programming is not happening
- Program both small group and all camp activities with a variety of tones, structure, and purpose
- Report to Co-Directors
- Being present and with campers whenever not running programming or planning
- To take full time off and breaks
- Lead a group of campers in Kitchen Clean Up for a meal roughly every other day and in a weekly All Camp Clean Up
- Monitor and help facilitate camper emotional and physical well-being practices
Camp Health Team Member
We are currently seeking full and part time members for our 2024 Summer Youth Camp Health Team. Our Youth Camp Health Team, which consists of Counseling/Social Work professionals who will collaborate with the Camp Nurse and Camp Health Consultant (Licensed MD) to provide social/emotional/health support to our campers.
We need full and part time team members. If you are Licensed Clinical Social Worker, School Adjustment Counselor, or have certification/licensure in a mental health discipline, we would love to talk to you.
You must enjoy working with diverse populations of children, have good interpersonal skills, and a desire to live and work as part of a community.
About Our Camp Health Team Opportunities:
2 week, 4-week and 8-week positions available, full, or part time.
Our camps run Mid-June to Mid-August (exact dates vary slightly by camp)
Camper populations vary in size depending on the camp, but the full range is 9 to 18 years of age.
Why be a Camp Health Team Member?
Do you genuinely enjoy working with children? Do you love being outdoors? Is a sense of community important to you? If so, Camp Health Team is an opportunity to care for others in a non-traditional setting. Working in a camp environment provides a fun, challenging experience and opportunities for growth and leadership in a camp community.
Camp Health Team Member Responsibilities
Provide social/emotional/health and wellbeing support to campers and staff.
Ensure confidentiality of all health records.
Perform daily and weekly health checks as needed.
Communicating specific camper needs (accommodations, supports) to staff on a need-to-know basis.
Training staff on how to provide routine accommodations and supports to all campers.
Consult with Camp Health Consultant and other health professionals to address the needs of campers and staff.
Communicate with parents.
Accompany sick/injured campers or staff to the hospital or to medical appointments.
Participate in camp activities and events.
Qualifications and Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline required. Certification and licensure in a health discipline relevant to job responsibilities described here.
Must be available for at least 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 7- or 8-week availability highly preferred.
Flexible– able to adapt to different environments and schedules.
Positive professional manner, friendly and personable.
Prior experience with children (does not have to be in a medical capacity).
Enjoy an active lifestyle.
Ability to be an effective and positive member of the Camp Health Team.
Recent graduates and nurses with families are welcome.
Compensation
Competitive salaries, vary according to camp placement.
Room and board.
Travel costs to and from camp.
Full camp scholarships for your camp age children.
Living Accommodations
Accommodations attached to Health Center or in separate staff housing.
Private or semi-private room.
Meals provided in camp dining hall.
Work Schedule
Our camps try to create shifts to fit the needs of the Camp Health Team, in addition to the overall needs of the camp. Our Health Care Team members will be scheduled so a team member is available throughout the duration of camp. Depending on which camp you work at, your work schedule will be a variation of the following:
8- to 10-hour shift which may be broken up during the day; one day off per week; on call every 4 or 5 nights.
Camp Nurse
We are currently seeking RNs or LPNs to staff our 2024 Summer Youth Camp Health Center. Your duties will include, but are not limited to: Planning, directing, and overseeing the health care of children and staff, administering first aid and medications, and organizing and managing health forms and confidential information related to camper health care. Camp Nurses are part of our Youth Camp Health Team, which consists of Nurses, Counseling and Social Work professionals and the Camp Health Consultant who is a licensed Massachusetts physician.
We need full and part time nurses. You must enjoy working with diverse populations of children, have good interpersonal skills, and a desire to live and work as part of a community.
About Our Camp Nurse Opportunities
- We hire RNs, LPNs, and nursing students with all types of nursing backgrounds.
- Our camps run Mid-June to Mid-August (exact dates vary slightly by camp)
- 4-week and 8-week positions available
- Camper populations vary in size depending on the camp, but the full range is 9 to 18 years of age.
Why be a Camp Nurse?
Do you genuinely enjoy working with children? Do you love being outdoors? Is a sense of community important to you? If so, Camp Nursing is a rewarding opportunity to care for others in a non-traditional setting. Working in a camp environment provides a fun, challenging experience and opportunities for growth and leadership in a camp community.
Camp Nurse Responsibilities
- Dispense prescription medications to campers as per our Camp Health Care Policy and aligned with other applicable policy and law.
- Provide first aid for minor injuries.
- Ensure confidentiality of all health records.
- Staff and offer Daily Sick Call.
- Perform daily and weekly health checks as needed.
- Communicating specific camper health needs (allergies, special diets) to staff on a need-to-know basis.
- Maintain and update medical records.
- Consult with Camp Health Consultant and other medical professionals.
- Communicate with parents.
- Accompany sick/injured campers or staff to the hospital or to medical appointments.
- Participate in camp activities and events.
Qualifications and Requirements
- RN or LPN degree
- Must be available for at least 4 weeks, 7- or 8-week availability highly preferred.
- Flexible– able to adapt to different environments and schedules.
- Confidence in nursing skills.
- Good bedside manner, friendly and personable.
- Prior experience with children (does not have to be in a medical capacity).
- Enjoy an active lifestyle.
- Ability to be an effective and positive member of the Camp Health Team.
ER and/or pediatric unit experience preferred, but not required.
New nursing graduates and nurses with families are welcome.
Compensation
- Competitive salaries, vary according to camp placement (approximately $3,500 for 8-week session)
- Room and board.
- Travel costs to and from camp.
- Full camp scholarships for your camp age children.
Living Accommodations
- Accommodations attached to Health Center or in separate staff housing.
- Private or semi-private room.
- Shared bathroom (share only with other nursing staff)
- Meals provided in camp dining hall.
Work Schedule
Our camps try to create shifts to fit the needs of the nursing staff, in addition to the overall needs of the camp. All our Health Centers are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Depending on which camp you work at, your work schedule will be a variation of the following:
8- to 10-hour shift which may be broken up during the day; one day off per week; on call every 4 or 5 nights. Relief Nurse schedule will be determined weekly based on need.
Benefits of Working at Rowe:
Established in 1924, The Rowe Center is a warm, friendly, and always exciting place to work. Our staff is small, and as a non-profit, we ask a lot of our employees; however, The Rowe Center provides a rare opportunity to live your values in the workplace. A high priority is placed on community, acceptance and work-life balance. Many employees take advantage of our generous subsidized housing benefits (food & utilities included) and not only work but also live on our tranquil 50-acre wooded campus nestled in the heart of the Berkshire mountains. Benefits for full-time staff also include medical and dental coverage, a retirement plan, and paid sick and vacation time.
Intangible benefits include living in the beautiful hardwood forests of western Massachusetts and interacting with an community of forward-thinking, ethical, and progressive people who are seeking to collectively do good work in the world.
EOE –The Rowe Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
A Note About Job Descriptions:
Qualifications may be met as a result of lived experience, volunteer work, professional experience, and/or formal or informal training. We are committed to developing a diverse and talented staff team. If you are excited about this role, but unsure whether you meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage you to inquire and/or apply.