Child Life Specialist (various openings)

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Child Life Specialist to participate in therapeutic activities, support psychosocial development, and help patients adjust to health care experiences. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with physicians, nurses, social work, and volunteers to provide compassionate care.

The role serves patients from birth to young adulthood and involves facilitating coping, coordinating with families, and contributing to programs across inpatient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with a concentration in child life.
• 600-hour Child Life internship under supervision of a certified CL specialist.
• Strong problem-solving, teamwork, and communication abilities.
• Certified Child Life Specialist within 1 year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Participating in therapeutic activities to meet psychosocial needs and aid adjustment.
• Serving as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Providing support to patients from birth to young adulthood and families.

Skills

Communication skills

Conflict resolution

Teamwork

Writing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Child Development / Child Life

600-hour Child Life internship

Job description

If you're interested in joining the Child Life team at BCH, we would love to hear from you! We have multiple opportunities available, so if more than one position matches your experience and interests, please feel free to apply to this posting. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Current Child Life Specialist department openings:

• Temporary CICU (40 hours)
• Temporary Autism Center (30 hours)
• Primary Care/Cardiac inpatient (30 hours)
• Inpatient Surgical (36 hours)
• Floater support Boston (Per diem)
• Surgical in Needham, MA (Per diem)
• MICU/PIMCU (40 hours)
• MSICU (40 hours)

Position Summary: Child Life Specialist

• Participating in therapeutic activities and programs to meet patients' psychosocial and developmental needs, and facilitating adjustment to health care experiences for patients
• Serving as member of multidisciplinary team
• Providing support to patients and families from birth to young adults population.

Key Responsibilities

• Common interventions include support for procedures, siblings, development, and bereavement
• Providing coping support for patients with both short and long-term hospitalizations
• Maintaining resources which include ordering and stocking unit areas
• Delegating work assignments to volunteers and participates in clinical training of student interns.

Minimum Qualifications Education

• Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Child Life, or a closely related field with a concentration in child life.
• 600-hour Child Life internship under the supervision of a certified child life specialist.
• General skills to resolve problems requiring the use of child development theory, professional child life principles, and experiencedbased knowledge.
• Well-developed writing skills, and excellent communication skills including conflict resolution to effectively work as a team member.
• Child Life Certification required within 1 year of hire

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.