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Child Life Specialist

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Job Summary
The Child Life Specialist (CLS) at HSHS St. Vincent Children's Hospital and Prevea Clinic is responsible for providing activities, procedural preparation and emotional support designed to help patients and their families cope with the stress of a hospital experience. With an understanding of child growth and development and the impact that medical experience can have on this process, the Child Life Specialist is a resource for other professionals. As an integral part of the health care team, the Child Life Specialist is an advocate for the needs of children and families.

What you will do

Facilitates improvements and on-going maintenance of pediatric play spaces and waiting rooms to promote child and family –friendly environments. Provides care plans for individuals or groups based on assessment of the child's development, temperament, coping style, culture, spirituality, potential stressors, family needs and social supports. Provides psychological preparation, support and distraction for potentially stressful experiences. Provides consultation regarding the unique needs of children and families to promote healthy coping with potentially stressful events and circumstances. Provides follow-up care for children and families, where necessary and appropriate. Coordinates and facilitates school re-entry for children who have a chronic illness. With the family's permission, we will provide educational resources to students and school faculty about the children who will be coming back to their classes. Provides support and safe outlets for patients and families to communicate their anxieties about medical experiences. Provides/educates on non-pharmacological techniques for pain management. Coordinates patients and families with appropriate programs such as Make A Wish, Bravery Bead program, camps and scholarships. Use medical play and developmentally appropriate language and teaching tools to ensure adequate preparation for medical interventions and encourage understanding the mastery of diagnosis, medical care and experiences. Provides opportunities for developmentally appropriate play and activities for the purpose of distraction, as an outlet for feelings and to ease fear and anxiety as well as helping to normalize the environment. Records census for any additional consultations received throughout the hospital. Charts in electronic medical record for each patient and family interaction. Recognizes special events, birthdays, holidays and milestones and coordinates special events and outings for clinic patients and family members (Celebrate Life, Christmas Party, Sibling Day). Coordinate donations for the program, and serves as a liaison and contact source to organizations and resources that offer patient benefits (scholarships, retreat camps). Supervises volunteers, practicum and internship students.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Child Life, child development, or related field. Required Master's Degree in Child Life, child development or related field. Preferred Six hundred hour child life internship completed under the supervision of a Certified Child Life Specialist. Required

Skills and Abilities

Ability to patiently and joyfully work with children. Ability to work within a team. Is knowledgeable of and adheres to the competencies specified by the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) including: The ability to implement child life services within the structure and culture of the work environment. The ability to develop and evaluate child life services. The ability to integrate clinical evidence and fundamental child life knowledge into professional decision making. The ability to supervise child life students and volunteers. The ability to represent and communicate child life practice and psychosocial issues of infants, children, youth, and families toothers. The ability to function as a member of the service team. The ability to continuously engage in self-reflective professional child life practice. The ability to practice within the scope of professional and personal knowledge and skill base. The ability to provide teaching, specific to the population served, including psychological preparation for potentially stressful experiences, with infants, children, youth, and families. The ability to support infants, children, youth, and families in coping with stressful events. The ability to provide a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment for infants, children, youth, and families. The ability to provide opportunities for play for infants, children, youth, and families.

Licenses and Certifications

Child Life certification. within 1 Year Preferred

Physical Demands

Sit - Occasionally Stand - Frequently Walk - Frequently Drive - Rarely Bend (Neck) - Frequently Bend (Waist) - Frequently Squat - Frequently Kneel/Crawl - Occasionally Twist/Turn (Neck) - Frequently Twist/Turn(Waist) - Frequently Lift/Carry 0-10 lbs. - Frequently Lift/Carry 11-25 lbs. - Frequently Lift/Carry 26-35 lbs. - Occasionally Lift/Carry 36-50 lbs. - Occasionally Push/Pull 11-25 lbs. - Rarely Push/Pull 26-35 lbs. - Rarely Push/Pull 36-50 lbs. - Rarely Push/Pull 51-75 lbs. - Rarely Reach (Above shoulder level) - Rarely Reach (Below shoulder level) - Constantly Simple Grasping (Hands/Arms) - Constantly Fine Manipulation (Hands/Arms) - Constantly Gross Manipulation (Hands/Arms) - Frequently

Working Conditions

Extreme cold - Rarely Extreme heat - Rarely Humidity - Rarely Wet - Rarely Noise - Occasionally Hazards - Occasionally

Hearing Requirements

Hears Whispers < 3 feet - Constantly Hears Whispers 3-8 feet - Constantly

Vision Requirements

Color Discrimination - Constantly Near Vision (Correctable to Jaeger 2 or 20/30 binocular) - Constantly Distance Vision (Correctable to Snellen chart 20/30 binocular) - Constantly

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