Child Life Specialist

Shriners Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Child Life Specialist to join their team in Boston. This role focuses on delivering family-centered care that meets the psychosocial needs of children and their families. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in Child Life or a related field and be a Certified Child Life Specialist. You'll work collaboratively within a dynamic team, providing therapeutic play and education while supporting the emotional well-being of young patients. Join a workplace that values integrity and innovation in pediatric care, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families.

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

403(b) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Short and Long-term Disability

Flexible Spending Account

Pet Insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Life or related field required.
• Certified Child Life Specialist or eligibility for certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide developmentally appropriate care for children and families.
• Evaluate and deliver therapeutic services and education.

Skills

Child Development

Therapeutic Play

Patient Care

Family Education

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Child Life

Master’s degree in Child Life

Job description

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Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a full-time or part-time status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to full-time and part-time employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

We are a premier pediatric specialty, research, and academic teaching hospital with a medical and research partnership with Massachusetts General Brigham. It is the world’s leading center for pediatric burn care and is the only American Burn Association (ABA) exclusively pediatric verified burn center in New England and New York.

The Child Life Specialist provides comprehensive, purposeful, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive, family-centered care. This care is focused on meeting the psychosocial and developmental needs of children and families. Schedule is 730am to 4pm M/T/TH/F. Flexibility to work occasional Wednesdays and weekends is strongly preferred.

• Provides evaluation and therapeutic services, direct patient care and patient/family education, in an efficient manner.
• Services may include therapeutic play, preparation, procedural support, special events, and reintegration programming. The child life specialist utilizes these practices in an effort to facilitate adaptive coping techniques and promote normal growth and development of the patient and family.
• Functions as a team member and develops leadership through activities such as mentoring and providing education to students and other professionals.
• Supports the ongoing development and improvement of the department through participation in special projects, performance improvement and facility committees.
• In cooperation with other local leaders, offers exceptional care following the Shriners Children's FOCUSED program, a system-wide model for professional practice that stresses and emphasizes patient -centered care, or always putting the needs of the patients (and their families) first.
  
  
  

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Life, Child Development or related field
• Certified Child Life Specialist, or be eligible to sit for the certification exam
  
  
  

Preferred

• Masters degree in Child Life, Child Development or related field
• One year’s experience in a hospital child life program
  
  
  

Shriners Children’s is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace.

Shriners Children’s values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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