Child Life Assistant Resume
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22154 Lost Creek Rd
Milwaukee, WI, 53201
(222)-123-4567
a.lockhart@emailaddress.com
Objective: To obtain the Child Life Assistant and utilize my experience and skills for the successful completion of each job task.
Summary of Skills:
Certified Child Life Assistant with experience in working with infants, children, and adolescents
Solid understanding and skills of coordinating patient’s interaction and activities with available volunteers
Ability to plan and facilitate individual and group play and recreational activities
Familiarity in closely monitoring activities within the playroom
Flexibility in working on weekends and overtime
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
Amazing ability to utilize critical thinking and problem solving
Ability to work as a team player
Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
Work Experience:
Child Life Assistant, August 2005 to till date
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Milwaukee, WI
Provided safe, developmentally-supportive activities for patients and family members.
Assisted in providing emotional support, information and role modeling through effective guidance techniques to patients and their families.
Served as a patient advocate that encouraged positive patient or parent response to child’s health care experiences.
Assisted in the maintenance of a safe and therapeutic patient care environment.
Coordinated any social-emotional needs and concerns of patients and their families.
Communicated information with other health team members through interdisciplinary and charting
Child Life Assistant, May 2000 to July 2005
Children's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Performed activities in the play room as instructed by the Child Life Specialist.
Monitored the safety of the children.
Provided a child friendly environment.
Assisted with handling donations and special events.
Assisted in providing input to the Child Life Specialist about observed specific needs of individual Children.
Determined needs of individual children and attended them to medical professionals outside the general scope of the role of the Child Life Assistant.
Assessed in providing guidance to community groups that visited the playroom.
Education:
Associate Degree in Child Life, Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT
