Summer Community Service Trip Leader

  Caribbean

Length of Position: 6 or 10 weeks
Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: starting mid June through end July or end August

Description: VISIONS offers co-ed summer programs for teenagers that blend ambitious community service work, inter-cultural living and learning, and outdoor adventure. Programs operate in impoverished communities in Alaska and Montana indigenous villages, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador/Galapagos Islands, and Vietnam.

Co-ed groups of 16 - 25 teenagers and 4 - 6 staff live and work together in the heart of a community.

If you join VISIONS, you are committing to a work attitude that is fundamentally cooperative, positive, safety-conscious, and community spirited. Your role within this model is to mentor teens and help supervise project sites, recreational activities, cross-cultural experiences and daily living in a safe, challenging program environment as part of a staff team.

Qualifications: You must be at least 23 years old, have experience leading and/or teaching teenagers, and a demonstrated interest in cross-cultural living and learning. A genuine team player mindset is a requisite. A minimum of Standard First Aid, CPR, and Water Safety is required with WFA and/or WEMT at some sites. Advanced wilderness safety certifications, carpentry or masonry skills, and experience living in different cultures are pluses. French fluency is required for Guadeloupe; Spanish fluency is required for Dominican Republic, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

Salary / Pay: Starting $260/wk and up based on specializations

Experience Required: yes

Must have experience working with teenagers and in international or cross-cultural setting. Experience with construction is a plus.

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Caribbean in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 25 students, 6 staff

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Visions Service Adventures's Mission Statement: VISIONS offers teenagers opportunities for ambitious service work and cross-cultural immersion in the United States and abroad. We work with and for intercultural communities that lack financial and other development resources. Through service, authentic experience, and active exploration, we encourage new perspectives and dynamic learning.

Year Founded: 1989