Our residential and day camps would not be what they are without our fabulous staff team! We have lots of returning staff each summer and welcome new team member into the XUK family. After successfully completing a lengthy application form, applicants go through a thorough interviewing process before those who are successful receive exciting job offers!
Our staff team is diverse and made up of wonderful people from all sorts of backgrounds from university students; to qualified primary teachers to CELTA qualified English teachers. The feedback we receive from our staff each year is so valuable... We will only have happy campers if we have a happy staff team!
There are many summer camps out there, so why choose to work for XUK? We asked all of our new team members why they decided to apply and work at XUK this Easter and summer...
“I loved the feedback that parents gave on the website.”
“There are proper policies and procedures in place. It made me feel confident that things would be done in the right way.”
“From the website XUK looks fun, lively and exciting!”
“Staff have the freedom to choose and create different activities.”
“Rigorous recruitment process demonstrated that there would be a good staff team. After working at other camps where I felt uncomfortable with some policy and procedures, knowing that there were the proper procedures (forms, health team, formal management line) at XUK made me feel confident that things would be done right, which is incredibly important when working with children.”
“The staff at the interview seemed extremely happy and motivated and I wanted to work alongside these people!”
Working at a summer camp is hard work. We know that our staff need to feel that there is a support network in place who they can turn to throughout the time they work with us.
97% of staff rated the support in their role as good or excellent.
96% of staff rated the management teams as good or excellent.
Summer camps are a very special place. We have hundreds of children and teenagers in our care every summer who have the summer of a lifetime with us. We love knowing that our staff enjoy working at our camps too.
96% of staff rated their job satisfaction as good or excellent.
96% of staff rated staff morale as good or excellent.
One of our most exciting statistics to share with you is...
98% of staff would recommend working at XUK Camps!
There are so many reasons why working at XUK is so rewarding. We asked our team to share what the best thing about working at XUK is...
“Watching the kids form friendship groups with other kids from all over the world.”
“Seeing campers grow in confidence and ability.”
“Making friends for life.”
“100% the people. Working with such a diverse team and learning from other staff members every single day. I know that XUK has provided me with friends for life! I also love the family ethos that XUK promotes - it makes you feel completely at home.”
“Creating a fun and supportive environment for the children during their holidays!”
“The community in which I worked in. It was fantastic it felt like a family away from my home.”
And finally, we will leave you with a lovely comment...
“I honestly love camp, I swore I would not become a cheesy camp leader who spends their year away from camp thinking about it but it honestly feels like a family and even when I am stressed, tired and feeling down all I have to do is walk (or jog normally) up the drive and everyone is around and smiling, high fiving me so it's just the best place!”
Thank you to all of our team who completed our questionnaires. Your feedback will help us to ensure that XUK Camps are an even better place to work in 2018...