Animal Assisted Therapy Coord

We are searching for an Animal Assisted Therapy Coordinator (Certified Child Life Specialist)– someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will implement and provide a comprehensive animal-assisted therapy facility dog program that supports the emotional, developmental, and social needs of children in a healthcare setting. This role will also provide opportunities for children to gain a sense of mastery, offer play and learning experiences, and encouraging family and peer interaction through animal-assisted therapy.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Requirements
•   Bachelor’s degree in Child Life or related field required
•   Certification for Child Life Specialist from the Association of Child Life Professionals required 
•   2 years of experience as a Child Life Specialist preferred
•   Experience with the care of animals preferred

Responsibilities
•   Coordinates and executes safe, therapeutic animal-assisted therapy
•   Provides child life assessments and normalizes the hospital environment for patients and families 
•   Promotes and provides developmentally appropriate interventions for patients and families 
•   Represents and communicates psychosocial issues of pediatric health care and the benefits of animal-assisted therapy to professionals outside of child life 
•   Participates in the professional development of self and other child life professionals 
•   Collaborates in an intradepartmental effort to support the mission and vision of the Child Life department

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

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Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.