Child Life Specialist - Edmonton, Canada - Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Your Opportunity:

This is an opportunity to work in the Emergency Department as well as in the group and family programs.

Child Life programs in health care settings strive to promote optimum development of children, provide family support and minimize trauma.

Child Life programs facilitate coping and the adjustment of children and families in 3 primary service areas:
Minimize stress and anxiety for the child and adolescent. Provision of essential life experience; and Providing opportunities to enhance resilliency and retain self-esteem and appropriate independence.

Description:

As a Child Life Specialist, you will plan, develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate developmental and normalization activities including therapeutic play programs in order to further the social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth of children and adolescents.

You will assess, research, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate play and developmental activities/interventions for children and families (both individual and in group settings).

You will provide therapeutic play programs designed to reduce stress, help clients cope with hospitalization, promote development and independence.

You will help prepare children for diagnostic, medical and surgical procedures through hospital play, demonstrations and discussions and introduce coping strategies and techniques to assist children and families during procedures.

You will also provide diversion experiences and facilitate special events.

Classification: Child Life Specialist
Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
Unit and Program: Child Life Department
Primary Location: Stollery Children's Hospital
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 0.

80

Posting End Date: 13-JUN-2023

Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available: 23-JUN-2023

Temporary End Date: 31-MAY-2024

Hours per Shift: 11.08
Length of Shift in weeks: 10
Shifts per cycle: 28
Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
Days Off: As Per Rotation
Minimum Salary: $37.35
Maximum Salary: $49.73
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor's degree in Child Life, Education, Psychology or other related field.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Certified Child Life Specialist. BLS.

Preferred Qualifications:

As required.