Child Life Specialist I

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

Responsibilities

In this role, you will create and maintain therapeutic and developmentally appropriate environments for infants, children, youth and family receiving services at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. As our Child Life Specialist, you will provide opportunities for psychological preparation, procedural support and appropriate medical play for patients and their siblings as appropriate. You will utilize developmental knowledge to guide patients in appropriate coping mechanisms and will function as part of the medical team to ensure patients and families experience a family-centered and emotionally supportive environment as well as create and provide activities to promote group/self-expression, peer interaction and normalization, as well as opportunities for continued development through play, art, music and social interaction.



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