Certified Child Life Specialist - Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital - FT Days

American Addiction Centers • Charlotte, NC

43d • $25 - $37 • Onsite

About The Position

Provides information, education, support and guidance to parents, siblings and other family members. Promotes effective coping and play, preparation, education and self-expression activities. Provides emotional support for families and encourages optimum development of children facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to healthcare and hospitalization.

Requirements

• Must have successfully completed a Child Life Internship and either have Child Life Specilalist Certification in place or elligible/pending completion.
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Growth and Development, Education, Psychology or a related field of study.
• Experience with completion of student placement/internship in a Child Life Program in a healthcare setting required.
• Current Child Life Certification required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Good organization and time management skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Plans, implements, and evaluates short and long term goals to support the psychosocial and developmental needs of the pediatric and neonatal patients.
• Works with the multidisciplinary team to provide education to patients and families and to formulate and implement a plan of care.
• Collaborates with appropriate departments when planning and implementing special activities and events that assist the patient and family with normalizing their hospital experience.
• Serves as a patient and family advocate through the philosophy of family centered care.
• Assists with planning, presenting and evaluating in-service education.
• Works with the Child Life Assistants and Volunteer Services to on-board and evaluate volunteers as needed.
• Provides education and supervision of student interns for the Child Life Department.
• Assists with on-boarding and mentoring of new teammates and Child Life interns.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees