When a decision impacts someone elseโs mental health, that decision becomes more complex than we will ever know.
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In the past, we have expected our staff to work six days a week and to be physically and emotionally available for our campers at all hours of the day.
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Finding ways to advocate and practice mindfulness and to explore our current state of mental health is now more important than ever.
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To help alleviate the pressure on staff, Beth brings up the idea about introducing โfloatersโ as a way to hire extra staff to provide support, giving staff additional rest time.
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Camp is home for our summer staff, we need to make it feel more like home and allow folks to be comfortable and not be โonโ 24 hours a day!
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There has been a shift focusing on the camp employee where now they are asking themselves important questions such as โAm I resting enough?โ, โAm I getting paid enough?โ, โIs my time worth it?โ
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"Over the past few decades, children's relationships with the great outdoors have changed drastically." https://t.co/TBSLYqCks7 #Stafftraining#Summercamp#CampPros
"Create boundaries and systems to help you and your staff remember that there is indeed a life outside of camp." https://t.co/TBSLYqCks7 #CampPros#Stafftraining#Summercamp
Last year, we wrote an article: "Helping Staff Know If Their Gifts are Best Used at Camp or Elsewhere - Camp Code #51" https://t.co/uEAlcZwVuL #Stafftraining#CampPros#Summercamp