Child Life Specialist

4 days ago

San Jose, California, United States County of Santa Clara CA Full time
Job Title: Child Life Specialist

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Child Life Specialist to join our team at the County of Santa Clara CA. As a Child Life Specialist, you will play a vital role in providing therapeutic play and recreational activities to pediatric patients and their families in a hospital setting.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess the emotional and therapeutic needs of pediatric patients and families to determine the support and therapeutic play interactions needed during the medical experience.
  • Formulate and revise a plan of interaction to develop appropriate strategies for child life care in conjunction with other health team members based on assessment of patient and family.
  • Engage and energize children and families by coordinating special events, entertainment, activities, and donations related to assigned areas.
  • Evaluate child life services by collecting information used to monitor performance improvement and developing and completing performance improvement projects.
  • Maintain a safe environment, including activity/storage area related to assigned unit/clinic to ensure patient safety.
  • Provide parental and sibling education and support regarding effects of hospitalization, tests, other medical procedures, and/or illness.
  • Facilitate social interactions between patients and families to foster parent-to-parent, peer support, school re-entry and normal social development.
  • Provide supportive relationships, emotional support, information and role modeling and uses developmentally appropriate methods, including pre-operative teaching for patients and families to prepare them for treatments and procedures.
  • Accompany pediatric patients and families to medical procedures, applying educational and divisional coping techniques.
  • Provide wound care distraction as needed.
  • Provide grief and loss support to patients and families.
  • Provide therapeutic child life care, including developmentally and age appropriate play/recreational activities and teaching effective coping procedures for assigned patients in individual and group settings, consistent with developmental needs.
  • Function as a contributing member of the health care team; collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to advocate for patient and family needs.
  • Provide clinical supervision to therapy interns, students and volunteers; ensures that clinical performance evaluations are completed on assigned services.
  • Assume responsibility for own professional development and practice.

Requirements:

  • Sufficient education, training, and experience to demonstrate the ability to perform the above tasks, plus the possession and direct application of the following knowledge and abilities.
  • Training and Experience Note: The required knowledge and abilities are attained through the possession of a Bachelor's Degree; and One (1) year full-time experience as a certified Child Life Specialist.
  • Possession of a Master's Degree in Child Life or closely related field may substitute for (1) year of required experience as a certified Child Life Specialist.
  • Possession of a valid Child Life Specialist Certification, at the time of appointment, and maintain the certification for the duration of employment in this classification.
  • Ability to travel to alternate locations in the course of work. If driving, possession of a valid California driver's license prior to appointment and the ability to qualify for and maintain a County driver authorization.

Benefits:

The County of Santa Clara CA offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision benefits, as well as generous paid time off and 13 paid County holidays annually. Additionally, the County offers a 457(b) Deferred Compensation plan, Health Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Assistance Program, Life and AD&D, Employee Assistance Program, and Education Reimbursement.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please submit your application through our website. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. Please note that the list established will be used for temporary extra help assignments for peak and unusual work. Are you willing to accept a temporary extra help assignment? Yes No

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