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Psychology Internship @ Camp Lokanda - PAID Resume Builder & Life Experience

We welcome you to the ultimate summer internship and job experience perfect for someone like you studying Psychology! Camp Lokanda is excited to offer this immersive Internship as part of our Summer Camp Counselor position. You will witness firsthand how Psychology and Camp go hand in hand. You are called a “counselor” for a reason! While living and working in our camp’s community environment for the summer you will be directly responsible for other people’s children, making a difference in their lives while working with an international team as you enjoy our beautiful outdoor facilities. Join our camp family for an unforgettable summer that will help you build essential life skills.

Goals:
  • Gain an understanding of the camp operation from a focused psychological perspective. 
  • Experience the impact camp has on youth development.
  • Understand the responsibility, importance and impact of the camp counselor role.
  • Learn from group meetings led by our experienced Camp Professionals. 
  • Get connected with professionals in the field through our global network.

Overview: You are hired as a camp counselor living in a bunk with other counselors and your campers. Together you lead campers around to different activities keeping them safe and entertained. Immersed in this setting for 8 weeks 24/7, you are presented with lots of interpersonal relationship dynamics and emotional situations. The moment you arrive you are immediately thrown into the spirit getting ready for the campers to arrive.

Even without the Psych Internship designation, our regular counselors gain great experience that would help prepare for a career in Psychology. There is a lot to discuss from a psychology perspective and we do just that! With our other Psychology Interns, you will have guided discussions based on what is going on at camp, social observations that you have made and other psychology focused topics. This does not qualify for clinical experience and you will not be working with any children one-on-one. 

Responsibilities: Working at camp is not your typical job/internship. You are living and working at the same place in a community lifestyle for 8 weeks. Your primary role will be working with the campers as a counselor, living in a bunk with campers and other co-counselors. A counselor is always directly responsible for the safety of the campers they are supervising. You report directly to the Campus Leaders and together supervise the campers’ daily schedule and general life at camp. Depending on your skills and background, we may assign you to lead or assist with one of our sports or activities. Let us know if there are any areas you can contribute to! Check out our website and other listings to see all that we offer. We are always looking for great coaches and instructors in all land and water sports, arts, and STEM. A typical day at Camp Lokanda is all fun, games and non-stop action. There are many special events and engaging evening activities. You can read more about camp life in our company profile page. Further expectations will be discussed during the interview and are reviewed in the Staff Handbook and during onesite Staff Training prior to the start of Camp.
 
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Interested? Complete our application and we will then set up a Zoom Interview.