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Per Diem Child Life Specialist (Days)
Work Schedule: Weekdays and Weekends - Based on business needs, 6:30am - 7:00pm Per Diem rate is $32 hourly (non-negotiable).
Essential Job Functions:
Delivery of Psychosocial Care to Patients and Families. Formulates and implements a psychosocial and/or therapeutic activity utilizing evidence-based practice that is consistent with the medical needs and developmental level of each patient.
Integrates therapeutic and psychosocial activities in partnership with the family and healthcare team. Assesses and meaningfully interacts with infants, children, youth and families.
Provides a safe, therapeutic and healing environment for infants, children, youth and families.
Assists with infants, children, youth and families in coping with potentially stressful events.
Provides teaching, specific to the population served, including psychological preparation for potentially stressful experiences, with infants, children, youth and families.
Reflective Practice
Continuously engages in self-reflection of child life practice. Develops and evaluates child life services.
Multidisciplinary Team Member
Functions as a member of the services team. Implements child life service within the structure and culture of the work environment. Represents and communicates child life practice and psychosocial issues of infants, children, youth and families to others.
REQUIREMENTS
Education
Required: Bachelor's Degree Child Life, Child Development or related field.
Preferred: Master's Degree Child Life, Child Development or related field.
Experience
Required: Six months of experience working with children in a mental health or medical setting.
Licenses/Certifications
Required: CCLS - Certified Child Life Specialist Child Life Certifying Committee (CLCC) within one year.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
