Spiritual Care Manager

4 days ago


Melbourne, Australia Uniting AgeWell Full time

**About Us**:
At Uniting AgeWell, our focus is on supporting older people to experience a sense of wellbeing, choice and independence in their lives, to feel valued members of their community and to have easy access to the community or residential services they need to live the life they want. With a range of services in many locations in Victoria and Tasmania, our 4,300 staff and 600 volunteer staff are committed to high quality services and care.

**About the role**:
UA is seeking the right person to fulfil our Spiritual Care Manager role. If you are highly skilled across spiritual care management _and_ development of a team, motivated to take our spiritual care team to the next level of spiritual care practice and professionalism, we would love to hear from you This work will be aligned with UA’s Spirituality Framework and the revised Aged Care Quality Standards. You can read UA’s Spirituality Framework here.

**Role Purpose**:
To support the Director of Mission and Mission Team in embedding UA’s vision for spiritual care, through: Management and guidance of chaplains; Supporting implementation of Mission’s vision & strategic initiatives. Ensure the safe, person-centered, accountable provision of high level spiritual and pastoral care in response to the emotional, spiritual, and religious needs of residents, families, and staff.

**The Spiritual Care Manager will**:

- Understand the context of providing and managing spiritual care within an organisation.
- Lead, manage, and guide chaplains and spiritual care practitioners in the delivery and development of spiritual care and spiritual care leadership.
- Value and develop collaborative relationships with senior leaders across the organisation.
- Encourage open, respectful teamwork within the spiritual care team.
- Participate fully in recruitment processes, lead monthly chaplain/spiritual care meetings, and conduct performance development plan reviews.

**About you**:
You have a strong commitment to safe and respectful spiritual care, that includes religious, spiritual, and secular care for people from a variety of cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds and experiences.
This is the place for you if you:

- Are emotionally and spiritually mature
- Have leadership and management experience within an organization and can juggle expectations and priorities
- Value teamwork that nourishes, challenges, and adapts to a changing environment
- Are passionate to keep developing and growing a team of spiritual care practitioners and chaplains

**Essentials for working in Aged Care**:

- A current Working With Children People card
- Current and ongoing flu and COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Australian working rights
- Ability to pass a national police clearance

**Benefits of being part of the Mission Team at UA**:

- Working in an organization that values and continues to develop high quality spiritual care
- Regular monthly chaplain and spiritual care practitioner meetings
- Professional Supervision costs with external supervisor covered by UA
- Yearly gatherings and conference - fully funded by UA
- Support for Professional Development, education and career pathways
- Good rates of pay and salary packaging
- Mandatory flu vaccination is provided

For more information please contact Judy Fry 0455 45 45 38. We look forward to hearing from you



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