Child Life Worker, Child Life Centre Wide

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Requisition ID**:172688**
**Location**:Halifax**
**Type of Employment**:Casual Relief x **2** position(s)**
**Start Date**:ASAP**
**Union Status**:NSGEU Hlthcare**, **Healthcare** Bargaining Unit**
**Compensation**: $**27.2193****:

- **$**30.2749**/hour**
**Closing Date**:January 31, 2024** (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)**:
**Department/Program**:Child Life Centrewide, Children's Health Program

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Manager with professional accountability to the Professional Practice Chief & Coordinator, the Child Life Worker is responsible for the planning, delivery and evaluation of play/activity programming for patients and their families. The Child Life Worker uses theories of growth and development, family systems, play and cultural diversity to provide a therapeutic and safe environment for individuals and groups from birth to adolescents. The Child Life Worker facilitates play, peer interaction, socialization and assists in attaining goals for individual children and families through play/activity programming. The incumbent functions as a member of the Child Life team, takes a leadership role for the Child Life Play Program; provides developmentally appropriate play programming for individuals and groups; screens, trains and oversees play program volunteers; supervises learners; incorporates child life goals into play programming; maintains the play spaces and requests supplies and equipment as needed; organizes child/family participation in special visitors/events; participates in Child Life profession activities and completes administrative tasks as required (e.g. workload measurement).

**Hours of Work**:
7.5 hours/shift, 0800h-1600h Monday-Friday/weekends.

**Your Qualifications**:

- Baccalaureate Degree relating to Child Life, Child and Youth Studies, Child Development or related field required.
- Minimum one (1) year experience working with children and families required, preferably in a Child Life program.
- Current successful completion of CPR Level-C Healthcare Provider within the last 12 months required.
- Communicates Child Life theory concerning benefits of play to others.
- Demonstrates understanding of the impact of healthcare experience on children and families.
- Demonstrates effective communication skills, both oral and written.
- Must be flexible to work various shifts and week-ends, as required.
- Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

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