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Blue Ridge Instructors are outdoor educators, group facilitators, risk managers, excellent communicators, story-tellers, and teachers—the perfect job for someone who wants to make a positive impact on youth while working in a beautiful outdoor setting.
 Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness helps adolescents reset, reconnect, and thrive through programming that blends evidence-based therapy with immersive wilderness living to spark lasting transformation. With an 8-day-on/6-day-off schedule, Field Instructors will guide students through a journey of growth—managing safety, leading discussions, teaching backcountry skills, and helping them understand their values and choices. You’ll backpack, bow drill, cook over fires, hold strong boundaries, and support students through breakthroughs. In addition to a $450 stipend after completion of Field Instructor training, pay starts at $150/day and moves upwards with staff development to $215/day. Instructors also receive additional overtime pay, PTO, annual bonuses, gear discounts, health insurance, dog-friendly field shifts, ongoing staff training and professional development, and a supportive community and staff culture.
 If you demonstrate a track record of leadership and service to others, and are comfortable and confident living in the woods, take a look at Blue Ridge! Training for prospective Instructors is held the first week of every month.
The Instructor role requires resiliency, a passion for service, and an ability to connect with others. View the field staff experience »
   
Spend a year developing yourself — discover your deeper purpose and share your life and gifts in a thriving intentional community with Camphill!
Camphill Live-In Volunteers grow faster than they imagine possible, build deep, lasting relationships, and develop practical and creative skills that open doors for the rest of their lives. This is a great chance to master new skills and carry them forward into your future. Biodynamic farming. Artisan baking. Woodworking. Leadership and cooperative collaboration. Mindfulness. Through a mix of structured training and hands-on practice under the guidance of mentors, you dive right in, and by the end of your year, you're not only comfortable with them, but you’re also leading others in learning. In addition to the college loan support program, each community ensures that every volunteer's basic living needs are covered. This means you receive a monthly stipend, a private room in a beautiful environment, wholesome, mostly organic meals, medical coverage, and other essentials—from toiletries to use of community cars.
 Spark your potential in 2026-27! Apply now for one of the 125 paid volunteer spots and share your gifts in one of 15 sustainable communities throughout North America.
When you volunteer with Camphill, you experience a different way to be in the world. Make Camphill part of your story.
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