Child Life Specialist

2 weeks ago


London, Canada Victoria Hospital Full time

**Posting Period**:
Open: April 30, 2024

Deadline: May 6, 2024

Non-Union

**Department Name**:
Child Life Specialist - Children's Care

Prepared with a strong background in child development and family systems, child life specialists promote effective coping through play, preparation, education, and self-expression activities. They provide emotional support for families, and encourage optimum development of children facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to healthcare and hospitalization. Child life specialists also provide information, support and guidance to parents, siblings, and other family members. They play a vital role in educating caregivers, administrators, and the general public about the needs of children under stress. Child life specialists’ function as a member of an assigned health care team or unit and practice according to the Child Life Code of Ethics, and Standards of Clinical Practice, as per the professional Association of Child Life Professionals.

Regular Full-Time

Rate of Pay: $34.65 per hour - $43.31 per hour

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week

Required to work days, evenings, and weekends

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Psychology, Social Work, Child and Family Studies, Health Sciences or related fields
- Master's degree in Child Life and/or Paediatric Psychosocial Care preferred
- Current Child Life Certification as required by The Association of Child Life Professionals
- Two (2) years recent related experience working with children, youth, and families in a health care environment preferred
- Must have experience working or internship with children and families, in the hospital, illness/injury, grief, or medical environment
- Displays emotional intelligence, with the ability to understand the feelings, concerns and needs to children, and their families
- Relays information in an individualized fashion, with the ability to assess ongoing, and adjust approach as required by the individual
- Ability to make decisions, and collaborate well with others to solve complex problems
- Demonstrated dependability in the provision of therapeutic relationships
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to the principles of patient and family centered care
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to patient and staff safety at LHSC
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to LHSC’s vision, purpose and values
- Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

**Immunization Requirements**:
Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires will be required to:

- Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B, Tetanus/ Diphtheria/Polio; Meningitis;
- Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing (two step);
- Provide proof of Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccination reflective of Ontario Health’s current definition of being fully vaccinated
- **Together we care, we learn, we discover.


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