Overview

The Child Life Assistant supports the psychosocial development of children, adolescents and their families throughout the DHC system and reaching into the community. Provides developmental activities, maintains safe and therapeutic play spaces and supplies.

Responsibilities

• At the direction of the child life specialist, provides developmental play experiences for children of all ages and abilities.

• Able to adapt play experiences to meet the individualized needs of the child and family.

• Creates and maintains a therapeutic and safe environment which supports child development, family systems, and diversity.

• Uses critical thinking and past experience to understand and recognize patterns in order to anticipate needs.

• Maintains play spaces and supplies to support the needs of the space.

• Communicates and or documents observations and interventions to the team.

• Collaborates with the patient, family, interdisciplinary and child life team members

• Creates opportunities for normalcy for children and adolescents

• Provides family centered, developmental education

• Represents, communicates, and documents child life and psychosocial issues of pediatric health care to the interdisciplinary team across the D-H system and within the community.

• Directs child life volunteers and supports all volunteer programming

• Accountable for personal learning and growth through professional activities

• Exhibits positive influence on team dynamics through self-reflection and feedback that supports overall team function and growth.

• Communicates effectively with the interdisciplinary team when planning, problem solving, and evaluating

• Possesses knowledge and understanding of divers

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills essential.

• Minimum of 3 years direct experience with children

Required Licensure/Certifications

• BLS Certification

• Area of Interest:Allied Health;

• FTE/Hours per pay period:1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week;

• Shift:Day;

• Job ID:27872;

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.