Psychological readiness of counselors to work in a children's health camp

The article analyzes the phenomenon of counselor’s psychological readiness to work with children in a children’s health camp. A theoretical analysis of Russian psychological and pedagogical literature on the issue of training counselors for professional work is carried out. The analysis made it possible to characterize the features of the counselor in a children’s health camp. These include high physical, intellectual and emotional tension, high responsibility for the life and safety of the child, for his intellectual, emotional, spiritual and moral development. It is shown how the nature of the activity makes special psychological demands on the personality and activity of the counselor. The identified requirements for the personality and activity of the counselor made it possible to formulate the content of the concept of ‘counselor psychological readiness’. By it we understand the totality of such professionally important qualities as stress resistance, communicative and organizational skills, leadership qualities, tolerant attitudes, a cooperative and compromise style of behavior in conflict situations...