Responsibilities
As our Child Life Specialist, you will create and maintain therapeutic and developmentally appropriate environments for infants, children, youth and family in the Emergency Department at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. You will provide opportunities for psychological preparation, procedural support and appropriate medical play for patients and their siblings receiving services. 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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