Pastoral Practitioner - Canberra - Casual Position
Join Uniting's dedicated Pastoral Care Team
With continuous professional, personal and spiritual development
This is a role within the Mission team and provides meaningful pastoral care services to people in our care across Uniting - Canberra. This role is focused on using the values of Uniting and principles which are culturally relevant, age appropriate and sensitive to the needs of those receiving our services.
As a Pastoral Practitioner your role will:
Contribute towards the efficiency and effectiveness of the Pastoral care team
Engage in effective and nurturing relationship management;
Maintain continual professional, personal and spiritual development;
Maintain effective and appropriate documentation and reporting.
Essential Criteria:
Qualifications:
One or more units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or equivalent.
Relevant pastoral or theological study.
Your experience ticks the following boxes:
Demonstrated understanding of, and experience in, working with teams across a large, complex, church or non-for-profit organisation
Understanding of pastoral and spiritual needs relating to those receiving services across Uniting
Demonstrated empathy and affinity with vulnerable people
Demonstrated understanding of the distinctions between Religion and Spirituality.
Basic understanding of different faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism
Highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including moderate computer skills
A demonstrated passion for social change and contributing to an organisation of influence for the most disadvantaged
Even better:
Graduate qualification in relevant discipline
Please refer to the comprehensive Position Description by clicking the link below.
PD - Pastoral Practitioner.pdf
For all enquiries, please contact Dina Oraha via email ******
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