Work at Camp!

We are currently accepting applications for the summer 2025 Day Camp season for SENIOR COUNSELORS, JUNIOR COUNSELORS, MAINTENANCE, & LIFEGUARDS. 

Click HERE to submit an application. 

Once you have completed an application, please call the office to schedule your interview. 860-621-8194.

Interview dates are as follows:

** Not available; currently fully booked

Senior Counselors/Lifeguards/Other (typically in Mid May)

• Tuesday, March 18th
• **Thursday, March 20th
• **Friday, March 21st
• Tuesday, May 13th
• Wednesday, May 14th
• Thursday, May 15th
• Friday, May 16th
• Monday, May 19th

Junior Counselors (typically in Mid April)

• Monday, April 21st
• Tuesday, April 22nd
• Thursday, April 24th
• Friday, April 25th

Returning Junior Counselors Only

• Tuesday, March 25th
• Wednesday, March 26th
• Friday, March 28th

If you are interested in working at YMCA Camp Sloper but are unable to attend any interview dates, please contact Justin Hubeny at [email protected] or call the main office at 860-621-8194.

• Senior Counselors (17+ yrs old or at least going into your Senior year of high school)
  • Lead Counselors for our summer program who are leading a group of campers everyday through activities and maintaining a safe camp environment for all
• Specialty Camp Counselors (17+ yrs old or at least going into your Senior year of high school)
  • Lead Counselors for our interest based camps who are leading a group of campers everyday through specific activities based on the interest, while maintaining a safe camp environment for all
• Junior Counselors (16 yrs old or going into Junior year of high school)
  • Assistant Counselors who help Senior Counselors with group behaviors, games, safety, and fun
• Lifeguards (16+ yrs old)
  • Lifeguards or "Campguards" are certified lifeguards who maintain safety on our waterfronts, as well as provide a positive camp environment throughout the day
• AM Care staff (16+ yrs old)
  • Are similar to Senior Counselors, but work from 6:30am-9:00am during the summer camp season
• PM Care staff (16+ yrs old)
  • Are similar to Senior Counselors, but work from 3:00pm-5:30pm during the summer camp season
• Maintenance (18+ yrs old) contact Justin Hubeny at [email protected] to inquire

Making a difference in the lives of children can make a big difference in your life. 

If you’ve got what it takes to lead a group of children through games, crafts, and special activities, then we have the job for you.  Our staff love an active outdoor schedule, working with different age groups and other counselors.  They take pride in helping children grow and develop spiritually, mentally and physically.  You can bring your own special talent, whether it’s swimming, riding, archery, sports or dancing.  You’ll need a desire to teach others and the energy and attention to detail necessary to make a busy camp schedule work.  You’ll work with some of the most dedicated and creative people on the planet and the friendships you’ll make with the counselors and camp leaders will last a lifetime.

Here’s what we expect from our top counselors:

·         Our best staff make a difference in the lives of their campers, creating a unique relationship with each camper.  They get to know each new group of campers quickly, ensuring each camper’s growth, safety and development during camp.

·         Participate 100%, 100% of the time.  There isn’t a lot of down time at camp.  As a staff member you are always on stage, helping campers, being an example, teaching and playing games.  It’s up to you to make sure everyone has a good time.  You’ll make the games interesting by joining in and knowing that the sidelines are no place for a great staff member.

·         Making it happen.  Our campers have a full schedule of activities throughout the long summer days, and you’re on top of it, planning to make sure the campers are where they need to be and enjoying themselves.  When things change such as the weather or the mood of your campers, you’re always one step ahead with creative ideas for alternative activities.

·         The team is tops.  You have the opportunity to work with great children, great counselors, and a staff that is dedicated to the camp’s success.  You will be an integral part of one of the best day camp staff teams in the country and you can take pride in the fact that you are a YMCA Camp Sloper Staff Member.

·         It’s your camp.  You feel like you own it- every activity and every camper.  The reason campers will love and remember you is because you modeled the camp’s values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.  You were the one each camper looked up to during camp.

·      Calm, cool and collected - even when you’re not by the pond.  During hot summer days, through hectic schedules, and with all those campers and responsibilities, you keep your cool and pay close attention to how your campers are managing the stress of different activities, weather, meeting new people, and the unique environmental conditions of camp.  You know the one thing that matters most is the campers’ safety spiritually, mentally, and physically.

If you’re up to the challenge, want to lead instead of follow, and really want to make a difference in the lives of dozens of children this year, we’ll help you succeed.  It’s exhilarating, exhausting, and challenging, but the rewards are out of this world.  Campers and staff members will remember you forever!  Years later, the lessons you taught them at camp will stick with them as they send their own children to camp.