Summer Camp Returners

Job: Returning camp counsellor or support staff
Price: £245
Location: USA
Eligibility: Previously held J-1 visa, UK/Ireland resident, 18+.
Student status required for KAMP
Flights: Option to arrange own or buy a BUNAC flight
Duration: Up to 4 months between May – October

Other Returner Options

Returning as a counsellor to a different camp

Group in the woods

If you have already arranged a contract, apply to the returner programme as described here but with the addition of a letter of reference from your previous camp. We cannot accept your application without this additional reference. If you would like BUNAC to find a new camp for you this year, apply as a first time applicant so that we can compile an up-to-date dossier to show to camp directors. You must also attend an interview even if you have a referral to a camp which is interested but has not yet issued a contract. Again you must have a letter of reference from your old summer camp.

KAMPers returning as counsellors

If you have previously worked as support staff at a camp (through BUNAC’s KAMP programme or similar) and have now been offered a position as a counsellor, you should not apply as a returner but to the Summer Camp USA programme as a direct placement first time applicant instead.

Counsellors returning as support staff

If you have previously worked as a camp counsellor (through BUNAC’s Summer Camp USA programme or similar) and have now been offered a position as support staff (kitchen, maintenance, office, etc.), you should not apply as a returner but to the KAMP programme as a direct placement first time applicant. Please call us for further advice. Note you must be a full time degree-level student to be eligible for KAMP.

Not in the UK or Ireland?

If you are returning to camp but are not currently living in the UK or Ireland you should apply through our Direct Placement Overseas programme instead. Please contact BUNAC for advice.