Child Life Specialist Augusta

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Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary:

The Child Life Specialist provides procedural support, coping, emotional support, medical play, normalization and therapeutic play for children in the hospital/clinic setting. Candidate must have an in-depth understanding of child development and coping techniques and skills to teach and model to patients and families.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Provides a safe, normalizing and therapeutic environment in the hospital setting appropriate to developmental level and patient needs.
• Assists patients in coping with the stress of hospitalization, illness, death and or loss.
• Participates in patient/family teaching and coping.
• Functions as a member of the health care team integrating the goals of the Child Life program.
• Supervises volunteers and interns.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• •Bachelor's Degree in Child Life/Child Development or related required
• •Completion of a 480-hour internship under the supervision of a CCLS. This experience must have included opportunities to provide procedural support, coping, emotional support, medical play, and therapeutic play.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• •CCLS - Child Life Certification (or eligible within 1 year of employment)
• •BLS

Required Minimum Skills:

Extensive Child Life skills

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