Child Life Specialist and/or Pediatric Recreation Therapy

Job Functions

• Assess each child in the program to determine the child’s present performance level in developmental domains including: gross motor, fine motor, cognitive and social.
• In consultation with the rehabilitation specialist, the child life specialist will make recommendations for developmentally appropriate activities and measurable goals in each developmental domain.
• Participate in regularly scheduled interdisciplinary staff meetings.
• Provide a program for parents to assist them in meeting the medical, developmental and psychosocial needs of the child at home.
• Develop a daily schedule of activities or lesson plans for all center activity rooms that are: Age and developmentally appropriate to meet each child’s needs, abilities, interests, parallel theme(s) of week, month, season to reflect assistant(s) suggestions.
• Prepare classroom environment, play areas and learning centers.
• Assure the safety and well-being of the child.
• Be involved with professional development.
• Complete other duties as assigned by the center

Qualifications

• Must have Child Life Specialist certificate OR teaching certificate.