Child Life Specialist I-HC (Per Diem)
Core
Provides skilled child life support focused on the developmental, emotional, and psychosocial needs of pediatric palliative care patients (children/teens with life-threatening illnesses), their siblings, and families in home and community settings.
Role type
Child Life Specialist (IC)
Builds
Comfort, adaptive coping strategies, and family-centered care plans for medically fragile children and their families
Domain
Healthcare + Pediatric Palliative Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS), Bachelor's degree in child life/psychology/child development/human services, ability to travel, medical play, expressive techniques, procedural support, grief and bereavement intervention, family advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Master's degree
Technologies
Windows-based computer systems, email, electronic document creation
Responsibilities
Develop and evaluate plans of care for child life services, provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic teaching, facilitate therapeutic play activities, document interventions, participate in Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings, advocate for child and family wishes, prepare children for funeral/memorial services
Seniority
Level I, entry-to-mid level IC