Spiritual Care Coordinator

5 months ago


Middle Camberwell, Australia Baptcare Full time

Residential Aged Care & Retirement Living - Camberwell, Victoria

Hedley Sutton Community

Part time - 0.8 FTE

**About the Organisation**:
Baptcare is a purpose driven organisation focused on delivering the best of care to people of all ages, cultures, beliefs, and circumstances.

Baptcare has more than 3,000 dedicated staff across Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania to deliver the best of care to people in Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living, In Home Care, Family and Children Services, Affordable Housing and Disability Services.

**About the role**:
Baptcare has a professional spiritual care team of over 30 Spiritual Care Coordinators (Chaplains) working in all service areas. We are looking for an experienced, articulate, and competent Spiritual Care Professional (Chaplain) to work as part of the staff team at Hedley Sutton Aged Care Community in Camberwell.

This is a part time position (four days a week).

**Tasks include**:
Initial and subsequent appraisals of the religious, pastoral, and spiritual wellbeing of a person and/or family.

The provision of support and spiritual guidance to individuals which may include establishing a relationship and practical support and/or advocacy, death, end of life and bereavement support.

Informal ritual and worship activities for individuals or small groups, plus more formal expressions of public worship and ritual.

Education tasks including the training and development of staff and volunteer Spiritual Care Visitors in spiritual care principles and practice.

Strong liaison and relationship building with local churches and other faith communities, especially in the training and support of spiritual care visitors and community events.

**Skills and experience**:
Tertiary theological qualification and Clinical Pastoral Education (min 2 units) or equivalent.

Minimum 2 years’ experience in providing pastoral/spiritual care to people in a community context.

Experience in successfully training/managing/supervising volunteers.

Experience and skills in administrative duties including data collection and reporting on outcomes.

Experience in effective leadership within a mainstream Christian faith community and community development leadership or experience would be desirable.

Spiritual and theological maturity, open-mindedness, and an understanding of a range of religious and spiritual traditions.

Demonstrated ability to work sensitively in a culturally diverse environment.

Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the capacity to explain the practice and possibilities of pastoral and spiritual care to people from varied backgrounds.

Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision, as well as part of a team.

Competent in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and other office software.

Certified Membership of Spiritual Care Australia will be highly regarded.

**Key Selection Criteria**:
Wholeheartedly aligned with Baptcare’s Mission, Vision, and Values

An active personal faith and involvement in a Christian community/church or support network.

Mature spiritual and pastoral formation and capacity to reflect theologically on experience.

Highly developed listening and interpersonal skills, demonstrating an understanding of person-centered care.

Understanding of and demonstrated ability to work sensitively with individuals and faith/community groups from diverse religious, spiritual and cultural traditions.

Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the capacity to explain the practice and possibilities of spiritual and pastoral care to people from varied backgrounds.

Experience and/or special interest in working in dementia and palliative care contexts and with older people.

Minimum 2 years’ experience in providing pastoral/spiritual care to people outside a faith community.

Experience in recruitment, selection, training, ongoing management, and supervision of volunteers.

Demonstrated flexibility and ability to work independently with minimum supervision, as well as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Experience and skills in administrative duties, including data collection and reporting on outcomes.

Competence in Microsoft Office and related software.

**Culture**:
People enjoy working with us because we are a values-driven and whole-person focused organization that cares about the community. Strong awareness of, and wholehearted commitment to, Baptcare’s mission, vision and values is essential. These can be accessed from the Baptcare website.

**Benefits**:
Not for profit salary packaging available.

**How to Apply**:
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

The successful applicant will be required to undergo a National Criminal History check.

COVID vaccinations doses 1 & 2 are mandatory for the role.

A medical assessment will be conducted to see if you are physically capable for the role.

Baptcare is committed to building a respectfu



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