Child Life Assistant

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor's degree
• Working towards child life certification through the Association of Child Life Professionals
• Work experience as a child life assistant.
• Completion of child life pre-internship/practicum
• Completion of a 600-hour child life internship.
• Spanish speaking
• Essential Functions
• A ccurately assesses and prioritizes developmental needs of the pediatric patient and family and updates child life specialist when patient needs are outside scope of practice.
• D evelops, implements, advertises, and evaluates developmentally appropriate play/recreational activities and directs parents, students, and volunteers in providing developmentally appropriate toys to patients and families in play space.
• S creens and transports patients to play areas, completes appropriate check-in guidelines and policies to ensure child safety and assists in coordinating special events , holidays, and special visitors.
• M aintain s a clean, safe environment in accordance with infection prevention and safety standards .
• M onitor s and provid es a supportive child-friendly environment in play spaces ; supervis es , orient s , and train s students and volunteers as needed.
• A ssist s with ordering, receiving, organizing, and distributing supplies.
• S upervise s and independently lead s the facility "Kids Clubhouse ," coordinating the work of the volunteers in those spaces.
• Skil ls
• Relationship building
• Supervision
• Teamwork
• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Patience
• Decisiveness
• Emotional intelligence
• Creativity
• Physical Requirements
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and assess issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations to maintain safety
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Description: The Child Life Assistant Interacts directly with pediatric patients, families, and other healthcare team members and facilitates age-appropriate activities to help make the healthcare experience easier for patients and families. Under the direction of a child life specialist, the child life assistant provides activities in a play setting that reduces patient and family distress, increases effective patient and family coping, fosters patient independence, and promotes optimum development. This role is designed as a career path toward other child development roles and most Child Life Assistants are working towards child life certification through the Association of Child Life Professionals while earning a degree and certifications. Posting Specifics Entry Rate: Based on experience Shift Details: PRN, Part-time (16 hrs/wk & 26 hrs/wk) positions available. May include Weekdays, Weekends and Holidays. (see additional details below for more information) Location: All positions are onsite at Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City Additional Details: PRN position - Must work 6 shifts per month. Shifts may include weekdays, weekends, and/or holidays. S hifts may be available in the FYZ Playroom, Teen-Room, Kids-Clubhouse, NICU, and Oncology units. Shift length is dependent on area covered, varies between 8-10 hours 16 hrs/wk position - Shifts are EVERY Wednesday and Thursday (8:30am - 5:00pm). Must be able to work weekends, shifts may include holidays. Shifts are in outpatient Kids Clubhouse 26 hrs/wk position - Shifts are EVERY Saturday (9:00am-5:30pm), Sunday (9:00am-5:30pm), and Monday (8:30am-7:00pm). Must be able to work weekends, shifts may include holidays. Shifts are in the Forever Young Playroom, Teen Room, Hope Garden, and outpatient Kids Clubhouse Child Life Assistants work under the direction of a child life specialist to provide therapeutic safe environments, developmentally appropriate activities, play-based interventions, and support to patients and families. Child life assistants also coordinate volunteer training and scheduling. Experience with children and knowledge of Child Development is necessary. Knowledge of child cognitive, social and skills of child development Ability to communicate effectively in Spanish, including knowledge of medical terminology in Spanish, to support diverse patient needs Enthusiasm for data collection, statistics, and proficiency with Excel Required Qualifications Demonstrated experience working with healthy children or children in a medical or hospital setting Knowledge of child development Computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases or similar applications Able to work independently and be organized Ability to work in a stressful environment related to patient needs including acute, chronic, and complex disease, and grief and bereavemen t Maintains appropriate boundaries with patients and familie s

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