1. What is the age requirement for paid summer staff positions?
2. Do you accept volunteers?
3. Do you accept foreign students for summer employment?
4. What if I can't work the whole summer. Should I still apply?
5. What if I can't attend staff orientation/training?
6. When do you start interviewing people?
7. What if I live in a different state, but would like an interview?
8. If hired do you pay for travel expenses?
9. Do I have to have First Aid and CPR certification before you come?
10. Do you provide lifeguard certification during staff training?
11. How much time off do we get?
12. Do summer staff stay at camp on weekends?
13. How does the housing and meals work if I'm not a counselor?
14. If I don't have a car at camp, how can I get to the store for personal items?
15. How do I get to church on Sunday's?
16. Are you affiliated with a specific church or denomination?
17. What is the weather like in the summer?
Q: What is the age requirement for paid summer staff positions?
A: The age requirement for our paid summer staff positions is 18 years old or 17 years old and graduating from high school. If you are not a graduating senior this year, you could consider our Counselor in Leadership Training, Wrangler in Training, or Facilitator in Training programs.
Q: Do you accept volunteers?
A: Yes, call us to arrange your availability. Volunteers must still fill out an application and go through the process.
Q: Do you accept foreign students for summer employment?
A: Yes, we do accept foreign students as part of our team. We are able to pay students who have a U.S. Temporary Work Visa. However, attaining a visa requires paperwork, time, and personal expense. The easiest way for Warm Beach Camp is to have you join us on a volunteer basis. And in most cases, we could help pay for your travel and provide room and board while here. Some restrictions apply.
Q: What if I can't work the whole summer. Should I still apply?
A: Yes, please apply. In some cases we may work around your schedule, but keep in mind that strong consideration is given to those who can work for the whole summer. Make sure that you specify the exact dates on your application and time off must be in writing on your contract and cleared through your program director or manager prior to hiring.
Q: What if I can't attend staff orientation/training?
A: If you know that you will be unable to attend the orientation/training for part or the whole of it, we still encourage you to apply. Some exceptions may be made depending on position.
Q: When do you start interviewing people?
A: We will set up an interview as soon as possible after receiving your application, but no complete progress can be made until all four required references and application are turned in. Feel free to contact the Personnel Department if you have any questions or would like to check on the status of your paperwork. We will transfer your file onto the hiring manager and they will contact you to set up an interview. We do our best to hire people as they apply, so the sooner you apply and get everything in the better.
Q: What if I live in a different state, but would like an interview?
A: No problem. We can conduct phone interviews.
Q: If hired do you pay for travel expenses?
A: Normally we do not, but depending on staffing needs, we may consider advancing pay for travel expenses. This is to be worked out with the hiring manager after application received.
Q: Do I have to have First Aid and CPR certification before you come?
A: No. As part of your training during orientation week everyone will participate in a CPR and First Aid Certification class. (At no extra charge) This way everyone will be up-to-date and you will receive your card by the next week.
Q: Do you provide lifeguard certification during staff training?
A: No. If you are applying to work as recreation staff, you must have a current lifeguard certification by the time you arrive.
Q: How much time off do we get?
A: Your time off will vary according to the position. Counselors will have about a couple hours off each day, as well as from Saturday lunch to Sunday afternoon. Wranglers will have a couple evenings off each week as well as from Saturday evening to Monday morning (having some Saturday afternoons off). Accommodations, Food Service, Recreation, and Maintenance staff have varied schedules and may change each week. But will have a couple days and/or a couple hours off each day, working most weekends.
Q: Do summer staff stay at camp on weekends?
A: Yes. Camp is your home for the summer. We have optional meals for the weekend, or you may choose to make your own meals. We also have washers and dryers available for staff use whenever needed. On your time off, you are free to come and go as you please.
Q: How does the housing and meals work if I'm not a counselor?
A: If you are not a counselor you will be staying in dorm style housing with your fellow summer staff. Wranglers will be staying in a two-story house with the other wranglers and Wranglers in Training. Male operational staff will stay in a dorm with the other male staff. And all the female operational staff will stay in a dorm with all the other female staff. Your meals are provided and most of them will be served in the main dinning room.
If you are a youth camp counselor you will be staying with your campers and eating your meals with them. If you are a day camp counselor you will be staying in a dorm house with your fellow counselors and counselors in leadership training and eating your meals with your campers or those at youth camp.
Q: If I don't have a car at camp, how can I get to the store for personal items?
A: Many of our other summer staff and year round staff have cars and would be more than willing to give you a ride into town. Stanwood "town" is less than 10 minuets away with a Haggen's, QFC, Rite Aid, various fast food restaurants, and many other stores.
Q: How do I get to church on Sunday's?
A: For our summer staffers, church attendance is strongly encouraged. And due to the diversity of denominations represented, staff usually spreads out to many different churches in the area. While Warm Beach Camp does not endorse any specific church, the following churches are in our area: Warm Beach Free Methodist, Cedarhome Baptist, Stanwood Foursquare, St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Our Savior's Lutheran, Warm Beach Community, and City Church.
Q: Are you affiliated with a specific church or denomination?
A: No, we are not necessarily. We were founded by the Free Methodist denomination but we accept and represent many different denominations.
Q: What is the weather like in the summer?
A: As we are famous for in the Pacific Northwest, our weather varies through out the summer with a few days of rain, but mostly sunny with temperatures from the 65 to 85. Once in a while we will have a few days or even a week of temperatures in the 90's with low humidity.
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