Job Description
Child Life Specialist
Experience Requirements:
- Completion of minimum of 480 hours Child Life Internship - must be completed prior to interview.
- Bachelor’s degree in Child Life Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or other related field.
- Certified Child Life Specialist or ability to gain certification within one year of employment.
About the Role:
The Child Life Specialist is responsible for maintaining and designing the physical, therapeutic, developmental and educational environment for the patient population in an outpatient clinical setting.
Schedule
This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.
Primary Responsibilities of the Role:
- Provides psychosocial and emotional support to children and families during out-patient visits.
- Responsible for designing and maintaining the physical, therapeutic, developmental and educating environment of Child Life Services in a manner that promotes a child/family friendly atmosphere.
- Lends their expertise and knowledge of child growth, psychosocial needs and development to the healthcare team
- Adjusts interaction and/or treatment to match each patient’s age-specific developmental, educational or other related needs thereby reducing the stress and anxiety associated with the patient’s health care needs.
- Advocate for the special needs of children and their families and promote the philosophy of patient and family-centered care.
- Coordinates volunteers
- Organizes and manages special events and special guests.
- Maintains confidentiality and HIPAA compliance in accordance with Federal guidelines.
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
The Successful Candidate Will Possess:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to adjust language and demeanor to the developmental and emotional state of the child.
- Enjoys working with children and parents.
- Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
- Computer skill proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook).
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or federal, state and local standards.
Employee Health Compliance:
As a condition of employment, we require employees to comply with Employee Health standards. All employees must provide proof of Tuberculosis clearance as well as Influenza, or approved declinations. Specific roles, depending on location/job responsibilities will require proof of immunization or antibodies for Hepatitis B, MMR, TDAP, and Varicella.
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Internship, Local area, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,