Child Life Assistant TEMPORARY

Job Description

The Child Life Assistant Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families, and other healthcare team members and facilitates age-appropriate activities to help make the healthcare experience easier for patients and families. Under the direction of a child life specialist, the child life assistant provides activities in a play setting that reduces patient and family distress, increases effective patient and family coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development. This role is designed as a career path toward other child development roles and most Child Life Assistants are working towards child life certification through the Association of Child Life Professionals while earning a degree and certifications.

Posting Specifics

• Entry Rate: Based on experience
• Position is NOT Benefits eligible.
• Shift Details: Full-time TEMPORARY position (40 hrs/wk). Must be able to work flexible shifts of 8–10 hours and maintain availability Monday through Saturday to meet staffing and scheduling needs. PRN coverage as needed by the department as well.

Additional Details

• Child Life Assistants work under the direction of a child life specialist to provide therapeutic safe environments, developmentally appropriate activities, play-based interventions, and support to patients and families.
• Child life assistants also coordinate volunteer training and scheduling.

Experience and Education

• Experience with children and knowledge of Child Development is necessary.
• Knowledge of child cognitive, social and skills of child development.
• Enthusiasm for data collection, statistics, and proficiency with Excel.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working with healthy children or children in a medical or hospital setting.
• Knowledge of child development.
• Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications.
• Able to work independently and be organized.
• Able to work in a stressful environment related to patient needs including acute, chronic, and complex disease, and grief and bereavement.
• Maintains appropriate boundaries with patients and families.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree.
• Working towards child life certification through the Association of Child Life Professionals.
• Work experience as a child life assistant.
• Completion of child life pre-internship/practicum.
• Completion of a 600-hour child life internship.

Language Skills

• Knowledge of child cognitive, social and skills of child development.
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