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Certified Child Life Specialist

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Advocate Health Care

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United States , Charlotte

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25.30 - 37.95 USD / Hour
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Provides information, education, support and guidance to parents, siblings and other family members. Promotes effective coping and play, preparation, education and self-expression activities. Provides emotional support for families and encourages optimum development of children facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to healthcare and hospitalization.

Job Responsibility:

  • Plans, implements, and evaluates short and long term goals to support the psychosocial and developmental needs of the pediatric and neonatal patients
  • Works with the multidisciplinary team to provide education to patients and families and to formulate and implement a plan of care
  • Collaborates with appropriate departments when planning and implementing special activities and events that assist the patient and family with normalizing their hospital experience
  • Serves as a patient and family advocate through the philosophy of family centered care
  • Assists with planning, presenting and evaluating in-service education
  • Works with the Child Life Assistants and Volunteer Services to on-board and evaluate volunteers as needed
  • Provides education and supervision of student interns for the Child Life Department
  • Assists with on-boarding and mentoring of new teammates and Child Life interns

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Human Growth and Development, Education, Psychology or a related field of study
  • Experience with completion of student placement/internship in a Child Life Program in a healthcare setting required
  • Current Child Life Certification required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
  • Good organization and time management skills are required
  • Must have successfully completed a Child Life Internship and either have Child Life Specialist Certification in place or eligible/pending completion
What we offer:
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program
  • Sign-on bonus eligible
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 10, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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