Provides child-friendly, family-centered care to children and families in a pediatric setting, including procedural support, therapeutic play, education, and interdisciplinary consultation.
- Provide opportunities for and facilitate a variety of play and activity forms to promote self-healing, self-expression, understanding and mastery.
- Extend support and offer counsel to family members regarding their stress and needs.
- Provide consultation on the impact of environmental factors on the child’s adaptation to hospitalization and treatment.
- Provide child health care education and cooperate with programs to ensure continuity of the child’s normal life experience.
- Provide inter-disciplinary in-service on child development and the impact of illness, injury, and hospitalization on children and families.
- Bachelor’s degree in Child Life or related field
- Nice to have: additional related education and/or experience