Description:
As the Psychosocial Coordinator, you play a vital role in helping campers and families feel seen, supported, and prepared for camp. Through compassionate communication, trauma-informed practices, and strong relationships, you help create an environment where every camper experiences belonging, connection, and joy. You partner closely with families, volunteers, and staff to understand each camper's unique strengths, needs, and goals, helping ensure they can fully participate in the camp experience.
You bring strong attention to detail and a commitment to individualized support throughout the camper journey. Before, during, and after camp, you help assess mental health, behavioral, emotional, and developmental needs, coordinating adaptations and support plans that promote success. You collaborate across departments to help create a safe, inclusive, and emotionally supportive environment. Grounded in the value of Camper First, you thoughtfully balance the needs of individual campers with the well-being of the cabin group and broader camp community, helping create experiences where all campers can thrive. You respond thoughtfully to challenges, using sound judgment and a strengths-based approach to support both individual success and community belonging.
You take pride in the details that help make camp possible. Through careful preparation, thoughtful coordination, and a deep understanding of each camper's individual needs, you help ensure campers arrive ready to succeed. Whether developing individualized support plans, preparing volunteers and staff, or helping campers navigate challenges during camp, your work helps create the conditions for confidence, independence, friendship, and joy. Your dedication helps ensure every camper has the opportunity to fully participate in the life-changing experience of Flying Horse Farms.
Team / Function Overview:
The Clinical Team engages and supports campers and families to provide an integrated camp experience through medical and psychosocial care and adaptations. The clinical team lives by the core value “With Trust Comes Relief” and takes seriously the trust families place to keep their campers safe.
Responsibilities:
General
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Collaborate with the Camp Operations team with the consistent lens of psychosocial safety, care, and processes to improve the camper experience; this includes but is not limited to pre-camp meetings, quarterly pulse meetings, camp session and situational debriefs
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Support recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and support of seasonal, and volunteer psychosocial staff
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Assist with leading psychosocial training for staff and volunteers, aligned with organizational standards and best practices including Trauma Informed Care and FHF’s Behavior Support Model
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Partner cross-departmentally to ensure staff training supports safe, integrated camper experiences
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Be an active member of the SeriousFun Children’s Network clinical community
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Reside at camp during all summer and weekend camp sessions
Camp Preparedness
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Conduct psychosocial screening and camper clearing processes
- Participate in camper placement process, including session-level psychosocial analysis, family communication, and follow-up on questions or concerns before, during, and after camp
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Collaborate with the Camp Operations team to prepare for necessary psychosocial adaptations to facilitate camper success
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Maintain WellNest (medical center) readiness including cleaning, organization, and inventory of psychosocial team supplies.
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Update, maintain, and ensure accuracy of information in the camper/staff computer database
Camper Support
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Utilize psychosocial assessment, behavioral insight, and sound clinical judgment to inform camper support planning, adaptations, and interventions
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Assist with leading psychosocial programming such as Memory Walk and Caregiver Programs, informed by the mental health, social, and emotional needs of camp participants
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Support proactive and responsive behavior management strategies that promote camper safety, emotional well-being, and successful engagement in programming
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Oversee utilization of camp’s sensory spaces including monitoring frequency of use, time away from programming, and camper reintegration planning
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Serve as a member of the Emergency Staffing Table while camp is in session, providing psychosocial clinical expertise during emergency responses
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Collaborate with Psychosocial Team to assess camper behavioral, emotional, and psychosocial concerns to evaluate safety and appropriateness for continued camp participation, providing informed recommendations to camp leadership regarding support strategies or the need for alternative plans
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Communicate relevant psychosocial updates to camper families in collaboration with camp leadership
Requirements:
Required Skills & Experience:
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Bachelor’s Degree; social work or similar preferred
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Professional experience with pediatric behavioral or mental health support
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Valid Driver’s License
- Efficient, professional, and effective communication skills
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Ability to live on-site during camp sessions
Preferred Skills & Experience:
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Trauma-informed care
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Behavior management practices and positive behavior supports
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Camp or youth programming experience
Physical Expectations:
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Ability to move throughout camp regularly, including uneven terrain (grass, gravel, wooded areas)
- Engage in standing, bending, reaching, and light lifting (typically up to 25–40 lbs, depending on role)
- Participate in or support camp activities, which may include recreational, programmatic, or daily living tasks
- Maintain awareness and responsiveness in a fast-paced, camper-centered environment
- Ability to respond appropriately in emergency situations, with or without accommodation
Environmental Conditions:
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Work primarily outdoors in a variety of weather conditions, including heat, humidity, rain, and variable temperatures
- Exposure to natural elements such as sun, insects, water, and dust
- Indoor work may include non-climate-controlled spaces at times (e.g., barns, program areas)
- Noise levels may vary and can be high during group activities, meals, and events
- Schedule may include long or non-traditional hours, including early mornings, evenings, and occasional overnight responsibilities depending on role
Expectations & Requirements for all Flying Horse Farms Staff
We live our Values. We are each responsible for knowing our values and nurturing our culture:
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We are All In. We demonstrate a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done, we are supportive and loyal, show up present and ready and we are passionate about "Campers First."
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We have an Attitude of Optimism. We find what is working and make more of that happen, demonstrate adaptability within ambiguity, spread joy and hope and ensure everyone we interact with feels "Welcomed Home."
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We are Trustworthy. We are consistent, dependable, steady, truthful and operate with transparency, take ownership for our work and "See the Best" in others.
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We Take Initiative. We are driven, work towards goals with fortitude, pay attention to details and find innovative solutions with "Fearless is Free" attitudes.
Flying Horse Farms (FHF) makes it possible for kids with serious illnesses to heal, grow, and thrive – at no cost to families. Located on 200 acres in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, camp first opened its gates in 2010 and hosts ~1,000 children and families each year
FHF is the first camp in the Midwest to become a full member of the SeriousFun Children’s Network. Founded in 1988 by actor, philanthropist and Ohio native Paul Newman, the Network is a community of independently managed and financed camps and programs creating opportunities for children with serious illnesses and their families.
At FHF, for a weekend or week at a time, kids focus on the joy and freedom of simply being a kid, and with safety being the number one priority, fun is a close second. Campers receive high-quality care at our on-site health center, staffed 24/7 by clinicians from children’s hospitals across Ohio and beyond.
Flying Horse Farms is an ACA-Accredited Camp with the American Camp Association.
