Join Our Team
Are you a motivated, outgoing leader?
We need you to complete our team at YMCA Camp Algonquin! YMCA Camp Algonquin is located just outside Hastings, MI on beautiful Algonquin Lake. Owned and operated by the YMCA of Barry County, the 40 acre scenic landscape is the perfect place to work, play and grow this summer!
Employment Opportunities
Questions, please contact: Camp Director, Megan, at megan@ymcaofbarrycounty.org
summer camp 2026
Camp Senior Counselor (Ages 18+)
Counselors will be assigned to live in a cabin for the entirety of the summer and will be directly responsible for a group of up to 10 campers every week. Senior counselors responsibilities include, but are not limited to, reviewing and organizing their campers’ paperwork, cabin cleanup, mentorship, communicating concerns with kitchen and health center staff, work with the senior counselor of their opposite gendered cabin to create “camp magic”, hold a minimum of one certification for a program area, and creating a welcoming and adventurous environment that emphasizes the core values and adds to the culture of camp.
Camp Rotating Staff (Ages 16-17)
Rotating staff will consist of 16 & 17 year olds who have completed a minimum of their junior year of high school and/or completed our Counselor in Training program. Rotating staff will have the opportunity to choose two out of four job responsibilities, which include: assisting in the kitchen, covering cabins while senior counselors are taking their time off, teaching programmed activities, and being a co-counselor. If needed, we are able to offer half summer positions to allow young staff to attend band camps and sports try-outs.
Media & Teen Coordinator
This position is responsible for taking photos and videos of various activities, people, facilities, and scenery around camp each week and maintaining an organized collection of each week’s photos. Take cabin photos, determine the number needed, and get them printed and distributed each week. Run the small camp store of camp merchandise. This individual will take a pre-planned training and run a successful teen leadership program (SDP: staff development program). The Media and Teen Coordinator will be a mentor for up to 20 teens and ensure they learn what it is like to work at camp.Serve as the Director on Duty (DOD) one night a week.
- Field all radio calls from staff
- Assist in any behavior modifications, illness, homesickness
- Conduct any parent phone calls that may occur
Under 18 Work Permits REQUIRED
Youth Employment Standards Act (YESA)
Public Act 90 of 1978, the Youth Employment Standards Act (YESA), as amended, defines a minor as someone who is less than 18 years of age, including but not limited to employees, volunteers, independent contractors and performing artists.
Minors under 18 years of age must obtain a work permit or a written agreement or contract entered into between the employer and the governing school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school before starting work. Work permits can be obtained from the state of Michigan school issuing officer (the chief administrator of a school district, intermediate school district, etc.) the minor attends or the school district where the minor will be employed. If the minor changes jobs, a new work permit is required for the new employer. A work permit may be revoked for poor academic performance. A work permit is required even if the minor is home/cyber/virtual/online schooled, does not attend school, or out-of-state resident.
Work permits are no longer available for bulk purchase from Michigan Center for Career & Technical Education; work permits are available for printing or download below. Note: the printing on colored paper has been repealed, work permits must be printed, front and back, to be valid.
When both federal and state laws apply the more stringent standard must be observed.