About Us
Baptcare is a purpose driven organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. Focused on providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.
Our Values are Wellbeing, Ethics, Co-creating, Accountability, Respect and Effectiveness.
About the Role
The Spiritual Care Coordinator is responsible for the provision of high-quality spiritual care for residents and their families; significant co-creative leadership with teams; effective recruitment, training and supervision of spiritual care volunteers; and in conjunction with managers, supports the co-ordination, resourcing and development of initiatives with staff that facilitate the integration of spiritual care across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
* The provision of support to individuals through fully hearing the person's narrative and enabling conversation whereby spiritual wellbeing and healing is nurtured, and (where possible), practically supported, advocated or further resourced through appropriate referral.
* Personal or familial counsel, offering emotional/spiritual support, ethical consultation, religious counsel, spiritual review, death, dying and bereavement support, mental health support, development of coping strategies and improving resilience and guidance in matters of religious belief or spiritual practice.
* All care is offered in a manner consistent with the Aged Care Act and the Aged Care Quality Standards and principles of Trauma Informed Care.
* Uphold confidentiality and respect the privacy of residents, families and staff.
Requirements
* An active personal faith and involvement in a faith 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-centred 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 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, training, ongoing management and supervision of volunteers.
* Demonstrated flexibility and ability to work independently, 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.
Preferred Qualifications
* Alignment and commitment to Baptcare's Mission, Vision and Values.
* Essential 400 hours of reflective practice training e.g. 2 units of CPE/ STFE/ CCTC Intern Program or commitment to complete at own cost within first 12 months.
* Qualifications in theology or spiritual care e.g. Bachelor or Diploma of Theology/ Ministry/ Chaplaincy.