The chaplain also can arrange for a clergy or religious leader from your practiced religion to visit you. Social workers provide assistance in helping families cope with a child's hospitalization and illness, with crisis situations, and with information and referrals to community agencies, and other services focused on child and family well-being. Child life specialists are trained to assess a child's strengths and needs, and offer developmental activities especially designed for hospitalized children. Child life specialists lead regular activities for children during the day, evening and on weekends. Hospital volunteers , identified by the green coats they wear, have been a part of Children' s since the doors opened in 1882.
Many volunteers provide service in patient care areas.
These volunteers assist staff to help families in a variety of ways. All volunteers are supervised by hospital staff and are specially trained in their area of assignment. You can contact your nurse for more information.