Rather than being a waiter or diving in during the summer, why not become a summer camp leader?

If you like the world of entertainment and working with children, many positions are open to you in leisure centers, summer camps and other collective childcare centers.

For that, it is still necessary to brandish the essential sesame allowing access to these seasonal jobs: the "certificate of aptitude for the functions of collective reception coordinator for minors", better known as Bafa.

This non-professional diploma can be obtained from the age of 17 (registration possible at age 16, but training from age 17) after completing general training and a practical internship.

But first, you must register with the departmental management of your place of residence through the official Jeunes.gouv.fr/bafa-bafd portal.

In the Bafa / BAFD section, click on your region in the map of France presented in order to be redirected to the portal that concerns you.

Train in a month

Once your file has been established, you must choose and contact one of the authorized training organizations (also available on this regional portal) in order to be able to carry out a general training session. Lasting at least eight days, the latter aims to acquire the basic concepts to ensure the functions of animation. At the end of this session, the training is sanctioned by obtaining the quality of trainee facilitator. In the following 18 months, you must complete a 14-day practical internship in a holiday, leisure, youth or scouting establishment located in France.

Finally, you must follow a deepening session (6 days) or qualification (8 days) to be able to lead activities that require specific skills such as sailing, canoeing, motorcycling recreation or bathing supervision.

It is only after the validation of each of these training phases, that you will be able to request that your file be presented to a departmental jury (formality to be carried out on the Internet via your personal Bafa space) which will also take care of to send you your diploma.

In order to be able to work as soon as possible, it is therefore advisable to take this training course during school holidays during the year or, failing that, to concentrate it on the first month of summer.

Note that the cousin of Bafa, the BAFD or "certificate of aptitude for the functions of director of collective reception of minors", is accessible from 21 years.

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Finance your Bafa

Depending on the training organization selected, the general training session will cost you around 500 euros, to which you will have to add almost 400 euros for the in-depth stage, i.e. a total cost of around 1,000 euros.

Financial aid can then be requested:

  • The CAF: a national aid of 91.47 euros is accessible to all.

    Your local CAF can supplement this amount by granting you, with or without means test, a subsidy which sometimes reaches several hundred euros.

  • Communities: municipalities finance Bafa in return for an unpaid practical internship in their leisure center.

    This is also the case for certain associations.

  • Pôle emploi can intervene within the framework of training aid for job seekers.

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