Pastoral Care Practitioner

Embark on a purposeful journey with Australia’s premier health care provider. Seize the opportunity to pioneer and launch new Pastoral Care Service at Calvary's Henley Manor Aged Care facility.

 About the role

As the first Practitioners to be appointed to this new role, you have a unique opportunity to use your professional capabilities and depth of experience to help shape the provision of spiritual care and wellbeing of residents, families and staff in our Homes, impacting lives profoundly.

This role is a critical component an integrated team of people working within an established and agreed framework supporting residents to live their best lives.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the diverse pastoral and spiritual needs of residents, their families and staff are identified and responded to with compassion, sensitivity, knowledge and skill.

Your mission:

Nurture and support the spiritual and pastoral strengths of residents and their families, by collaborating within the multidisciplinary team and, fostering meaningful connections to enrich the lives of residents and their families.

The ideal candidate will have:

• recent experience working in a similar role in either aged care, health care or community settings;
• relevant tertiary qualification/s including clinical pastoral education (CPE), counselling or equivalent;
• demonstrated understanding of and experience working in a multidisciplinary team;
• highly effective interpersonal skills in working with people experiencing vulnerability;
• understanding of the pastoral and spiritual needs of people living in a residential aged care setting;
• demonstrated ability to undertake spiritual assessments and contribute to care plans;
• well-developed knowledge and understanding of various spiritual expressions including faith traditions and denominations;
• demonstrated capacity for reflective practice;
• demonstrated ability to prepare, lead and / or facilitate the provision of meaningful rituals and celebrations.

For further information please contact Helen Pappas, Regional Director of Mission (helen.pappas@calvarycare.org.au).

• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships 
• Paid parental leave 
• Training, development pathways and career opportunities
• Flexible hours that make sense for you

• As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role
• You may be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role.