Become a Child Life Volunteer

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As an MSK Child life volunteer, your time and talent will go a long way. You will have the opportunity to support patients, families and staff by responding to the non-medical needs of children being treated for cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. You may play with children in the playroom, provide arts and craft activities, provide companionship at the bedside, assist with special programs and help maintain a clean and safe environment for patients. Becoming a Child life volunteer is rewarding, challenging and inspiring.

Child Life volunteers are supervised by MSK’s Child Life specialists who are trained experts in child development. They promote effective coping through play, education, and self-expression activities. They also provide emotional support for families, and encourage optimum development of children facing a broad range of challenging experiences, particularly those related to healthcare and hospitalization.

Prescreening:

To be considered as a volunteer you must meet the requirements below:

Have experience interacting with children in a therapeutic environment or acute care facility

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate with children of all ages
• Be at least 17 years of age
• Have the ability to regularly commit to a 3 hour shift on a weekly basis for at least one year
• Be able to participate as part of a team accepting supervision, direction and have a willingness to learn

We are currently recruiting for volunteers who are available between the hours of 9AM and 6PM Monday-Friday.

Please fill out the Volunteer online application: Please indicate on the application that you found the Child Life opportunity on VolunteerMatch.

https://volunteer-mskcc.icims.com/jobs/23677/volunteer-opportunities/job

Once we receive your application and if it has been selected we will arrange for an interview.

Thank you.