Chaplain

**Foster Faith & Build a Stronger Community Aminya Residential & Retirement Living Sites**:

- **Join an Organisation That Values Everyone’s Emotional & Spiritual Growth**

**Your role**:
As a Chaplain, you will provide effective, person-centred, spiritual, and pastoral care to customers, their carers, staff, and volunteers. Your role will involve compassionate and attentive listening, assessing spiritual and pastoral needs, and delivering person-centred spiritual care initiatives.

The wonderful opportunity will also see you conduct worship services, staff devotions, funerals, and other rites of passage, participate in case management reviews, and contribute to care plans. Additionally, you will support and encourage BaptistCare staff and volunteers, document pastoral contacts, report activities, attend team meetings, and manage a team of Pastoral Care Volunteers.

**About You**:
To be considered, you will have:

- Tertiary qualifications in chaplaincy/pastoral care or theological qualifications with a willingness to undertake chaplaincy/pastoral care specific training.
- Demonstrated high level of Christian spiritual maturity with a pastoral heart.
- Active involvement in and recommendation from a local Christian Church.
- Chaplaincy or pastoral care experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to recognise and address the spiritual and pastoral needs of customers.
- Commitment to self-nurture, self-care, and professional spiritual development.
- Understanding of the spiritual and pastoral needs of those living with dementia, grief, long-term illness, mental health issues, or receiving palliative care.
- A current WWCC or willingness to obtain one.
- A genuine commitment to BaptistCare’s mission, purpose and values.

If you are dedicated to delivering compassionate support and spiritual care, we encourage you to join our team at BaptistCare. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those we serve

If you would like to be considered for the role, please click **_“Apply”_** and provide the following:

- **A Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria**:

- **An up-to-date Resume**

**About Us**:
BaptistCare is a leading for-purpose Christian-based care organisation that supports thousands of people across more than 100 locations in NSW, ACT and WA. From humble beginnings in 1944, BaptistCare has grown into one of the nation’s most respected care and community services providers. We create strong and caring communities and place people at the centre of all we do.

**BaptistCare - Transforming lives by expressing the love of Christ