Job description

The Community Hospice Child Life Specialist coordinates and provides therapeutic activities and opportunities for children up to age 21 of Community Hospice patients as they deal with the impending death of their parent or custodial grandparent/family member. Child life interventions will be provided in Community Hospice Centers for Caring, partner long-term care facilities, and Community Hospice patients’ homes. The position supports medical, nursing, pastoral, and psychosocial providers working with the families.

* Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) certification required

Primary Responsibilities

• Provides memory making, legacy building activities, and anticipatory grief/bereavement support to child/children impacted by their loved one’s terminal illness and/or potential death.
• Provides child-life focused education to parents/caregivers on topics that include coping strategies, memory making, behavioral management appropriate to the child’s development, behavioral management, memory making, and coping strategies.
• Provides therapeutic play activities to facilitate expression of feelings and coping skills for the impacted child(ren).
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to screen for patients/child(ren) most appropriate for child life interventions.
• Develops individual plans of care based on assessment of the child’s need, development, temperament, coping style, medical situation, and available support.
• Provides patients and families opportunities for medical play, memory making, distraction, activity modification, coping, and other child life-associated activities, to support the child and family and, as appropriate, to normalize the situation.
• Helps parents to understand their child's response to child life interventions; assist child(ren) in better understanding their loved one’s illness/condition.
• Educates patients, families, and staff on child-life appropriate coping and support techniques.
• May require occasional evening or weekend work when needed

Plan of Care:

• Communicates timely, thoroughly, professionally with interdisciplinary group members, patients, and or caregivers, and other Community Hospice departments.
• Actively involves interdisciplinary group in initiation/review/evaluation of Plan of Care as needed.

Completes Documentation:

• Documentation completed is reflective of patient care given, services provided, any concerns noted, and patient status; is legible, neat; is accurate, thorough, and completed in a timely manner.
• Care Plans are kept current, applicable to patient/caregiver/child(ren) goals and needs.
• Patient Incident Reports are completed accurately and submitted immediately to the Director/Manager.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Child Development or Therapeutic Recreation
• Certified Child Life Specialist by the Child Life Certifying Commission under the Child Life Council
• Child development/child life or therapeutic recreation experience

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About Community Hospice & Palliative Care
Established in 1979, Community Hospice & Palliative Care is an innovative national leader in palliative and hospice care, as well as providing programs and services to meet the diverse needs of the communities it serves. During its 42-year history, through the support of more than 1,000 employees and 1,000 volunteers, the organization helps approximately 1,600 patients per day to live better with advanced illness – at home, in long-term care and assisted living facilities, in hospitals and at its 10 inpatient care centers.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $49,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Pediatrics

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Child Development/therapeutic: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• B.S. in Child Development or Therapeutic Recreation (Preferred)
• Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) Certification (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Jacksonville, FL 32257

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