Child Life Specialist - Sacramento, United States - Shriners Children's
Description
Company Overview:
Shriners Children's Hospital is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking.
Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.
Other considerations include, free parking, team approached interdisciplinary care, friendly environment and the satisfaction that our patients are receiving the best care available.
Job Overview:
Child Life Specialist minimize anxiety and aid children and adolescents in coping with the hospital experience.
Promotes normal growth and development through provision of age appropriate opportunities for play, learning, self-expression, family involvement, and peer interaction.
Acts as a resource to staff, patients, families, and the general public regarding assigned areas of responsibility.This position is per diem (as needed basis) and health insurance eligible. The pay range for this position is $34.80-$52.20/hourly.
Responsibilities:
- Performs a comprehensive assessment of child's development, temperament, coping style, medical plan
as a diagnostic and treatment tool.
- Utilizes developmentally appropriate methods to prepare children and/or families for diagnostic and
emotional support during identified stress points.
- Facilitates a therapeutic play program in cooperation with the Activities Coordinators promoting selfhealing,
and implementation of daily child life activities.
- Maintains a working relationship with parent and families and provides supportive services to the entire
education in the area of child development and collaborate with families regarding patients goals, progress
and discharge plan.
- Plans, coordinates, implements, and/or supervises activities for patients including, special events, outside
expressive arts, medical play, baking group, preschool play and other recreation and diversionary/non-structured activities in the Therapeutic Recreation/Child Life Department.
- Supports the School reentry program by working cooperatively with the team in preparing patients for reentry to their home schools. When appropriate, travels to the patient's home school to directly implement the
- Plans and coordinates therapeutic outings with the TR Specialist as appropriate for patient care.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelors Degree
- Child Life Certificate, or proof of eligibility
- CPR
- COVID19 vaccination and booster
Preferred:
- Masters Degree
- Previous experience working with hospitalized and health children
- Background in Child Development, Child Life, Psychology, or similar field
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