Full-time opportunity
- Based in Concord
- Generous above award rates + Super + Not-for-profit Salary packaging of up to $18,550
**About the Role**
Mental Health Chaplain provides high quality transformational pastoral care and spiritual support to patients, their families and carers in line with CatholicCare's Person Centred Approach, Mission, Vision and Values. The Chaplain works inclusively with people of diverse backgrounds, issues and needs, of faith or not, to sustain and empower the individual to enable holistic wellbeing and recovery. The Chaplain is responsible for:
- Assessing the religious, spiritual, pastoral and practical needs of patients and their families and providing a Ministry of presence, spiritual guidance, pastoral counselling and grief support
- Enabling where appropriate, participation in worship, sacraments and other religious functions in different locations as required for patients and their families and carers
- Assessing and managing appropriate boundary, privacy and confidentiality issues
- Promoting and raise the profile of Chaplaincy among hospital staff; provide education and leadership trough speaking engagements and other appropriate activities to the wider community on the role of the Hospital Chaplain
- Developing and maintaining consultative and collaborative relationships with Chaplains from various religious denominations working within the Hospital campus
**About You**
- The ability to undertake the duties of the role in accordance with CatholicCare's Mission, Vision and Values
- Demonstrated commitment to the ethos and values of the Catholic Church and its faith traditions
- Pastoral Care and/or Pastoral Counselling qualifications such as Clinical Pastoral Education (minimum 400 hours) or equivalent and ability to articulate a variety of theological perspectives arising from an individual's particular theological formation. Additional qualifications in Mental Health are desirable but not essential.
- Demonstrated ability in delivering pastoral care and spiritual mentoring in a multi faith context, and ability to engage with people in matters of belief and meaning
- Demonstrated ability to listen, respond and act with sensitivity, empathy, compassion and confidentiality including an understanding of problems which may be experienced by clients and their carers
- High level or organisational skills to ensure achievable scheduling of visits, detailed visit notes and data collection and retrieval.
**Our Benefits**
- **Professional Growth**:Tailored professional development opportunities to support your career ambitions
- **Tax Savings**: Maximize your income with generous salary packaging, reducing your tax and increasing your take-home pay
- **Generous Leave**: Above-award annual and personal/carers leave, extended parental leave, celebration day
- **Supportive Team**: Join a friendly and supportive team that values your contributions
- **Wellbeing**:Free access to a premium mindfulness app, EAP counselling, yearly flu vaccinations, and a variety of wellbeing activities to make your workday more enjoyable
**About Us**
CatholicCare Sydney is a leading not-for-profit agency supporting people from all walks of life. We're an organisation that promotes diversity and inclusion and commits to the growth and wellbeing of our staff, empowering them to make a positive change to the community. CatholicCare is the official social services agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and a certified Family Friendly Organisation.
**How to Apply**
To be considered for this role, you will need to attach your **resume and a cover letter** addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.
Need more information? Contact Peter Carroll on 0417 230 982.
- At CatholicCare, we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our people and our communities safe from Covid-19. We require all employee, volunteers and students to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition of engagement._
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- CatholicCare requires the preferred applicant to undertake a National Criminal History Record Check prior to employment, and for some roles, a Working with Children Check is also required._