Pastoral Care Worker

**Job no**: 502402
**Work type**: Permanent
**Location**: South Brisbane
**Categories**: Pastoral Care / Mission

**About the role**

Do you possess the unique blend of empathy, spirituality, and professional expertise needed to provide holistic care? Are you ready to make a profound difference in the lives of individuals from diverse backgrounds?

We currently have two opportunities, permanent full time and one part-time (4 shifts/week) on a 6-month contract. This role will be predominantly South Brisbane based (the positions maybe required to work from our Springfield campus depending on operational requirements), as well weekend and public holiday on-call provision (note must live within 40min drive of South Brisbane Campus).

Mater is a contemporary mission-based organization founded and inspired by the Sisters of Mercy, with a compassionate spirit and a commitment to responding to unmet need. As Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit Catholic health care service we are seeking two pastoral care practitioners to join our team of compassionate listeners who provide spiritual and emotional support to persons of various religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, life philosophies and faith traditions.

**Salary range: $43.68 - $60.43 per hour** plus 11.5% superannuation and**access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900** +**access to many staff benefits

**What you’ll be doing**
- Engage in pastoral care at the bedside, ministering with compassion and empathy, listening, caring and supporting in whichever way is most beneficial to patients and families.
- Facilitate small-medium size groups in areas such as: Meditation/Mindfulness sessions, debriefs, and staff well-being support activities.
- Pray with and for patients/families when appropriate or requested.
- Meet the pastoral/spiritual need of the patients and their families.
- Perform an advocacy role where necessary and appropriate.
- Occasionally maintain short-term follow-up when special needs of patients or families require this.
- Facilitate support for patients and staff by seeking to build good personal relationships with staff members.
- Participate regularly, with other members of the Health Care Team, in ward meetings or their equivalent as a means of maximising patient care.
- Accept referrals for any person who desires our assistance and, when appropriate, refer people to other care-givers within the hospital or in the wider community.
- To work with sensitivity to a multi-faith environment, engaging people where necessary.

**About you**

To be considered suitable for these roles:

- Hold an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in a Human Services related field such as: Counselling/Psychology/Social Work/Interfaith/Chaplaincy/Coaching
- Demonstrated experience facilitating small-medium size groups in areas such as: Meditation/Mindfulness sessions, debriefs, and staff well-being support activities.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience providing Pastoral Care and Spiritual support in clinical or equivalent environments.
- Demonstrated ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team.
- Have a grounded spirituality based on a regular practice.
- Engaged in a spiritual/faith/contemplative practice community.
- Ability to build rapport, trust, empathy, and foster strong relationships.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Respect and sensitivity to persons of various religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, life philosophies and faith traditions.
- Flexibility to work in various wards, and locations (South Brisbane, Redlands, and Springfield)
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and supervision and have a growth mindset.
- Unrestricted Driver's License
- Completion of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) qualification an advantage but not mandatory.
- Competent technology and computer skills - Outlook, MS Teams, MS Word, Excel

**Why join us?**

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. **#MAKEYOURMATERMOVE**
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

**Applications close on 21st February 2025.**_Please note, we may contact applicants pri