Child Life Specialist - Full Time
Core
Provide psychosocial, behavioral, recreational, and educational support to hospitalized and outpatient children to help them cope with medical experiences.
Role type
Child Life Specialist (clinical support)
Builds
Care plans for patient populations based on age and developmental needs
Domain
Healthcare / Pediatrics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Illness and treatment education, surgery and procedure preparation, therapeutic play activities, event coordination, grief and bereavement support
Preferred skills
Bilingual skills
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Assess, develop, implement, and evaluate care plans; provide education on illness, hospital, and treatment; prepare and support children for surgery and procedures; lead therapeutic and recreation play activities; coordinate special events and entertainment; provide grief and bereavement support