Spiritual Care: Senior Practitioner (DP9031P)

Postgraduate, 12.0 points

Content

This unit equips you as a senior practitioner in the provision of spiritual care through advanced consideration of key issues in spiritual care praxis and leadership. You will examine recent trends in a range of settings. You will further develop practices of reflection in integrated care, self-regulation and respectful relationships. You will develop further strategies for effective management and collaborative care within organisations. Recognising the complexity of spiritual care, you will build confidence around appropriate responses and interventions, diverse cultural perspectives, and professional, ethical and legal requirements.

Unit code: DP9031P

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 12.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Evaluate issues in the planning, delivery and management of evidence-based client care
2.

Develop strategies to foster effective working relationships and provide leadership in spiritual care settings
3.

Assess processes and activities that promote safe, quality, effective services for all
4.

Apply professional and ethical judgement and legal standards to a range of scenarios
5.

Formulate a developed philosophy of the practice of spiritual care

Unit sequence

This unit assumes advanced practical experience in Spiritual Care and/or prior completion of DP8011P Spiritual Care: Independent Practitioner

This unit is specifically designed for chaplains and spiritual care workers with practitioner experience as managers

Pedagogy

The teaching in this unit seeks to bring together theoretical and practical approaches to leadership and classes will involve participation from students as they integrate experience, theory and new skills. Seminars, workshops with time for reflection, guided reading, case studies.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Beaumont, Susan. How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
  • Carroll, Michael and Elisabeth Shaw. Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions: Making Difficult Life and Work Decisions. Kew VIC: PsychOz Publications, 2012.
  • Donnellon, Kathleen. Deep Governance Matters: The World of Community Service and Mission. Mulgrave VIC: Garratt Publishing, 2023.
  • Doohan, Leonard. Spiritual Leadership: The Quest for Integrity. Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 2007.
  • Hawkins, Peter and Robin Shohet. Supervision in the Helping Professions. 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2012.
  • Kleiner, Art, Jeffrey Schwartz, and Josie Thomson. The Wise Advocate: The Inner Voice of Strategic Leadership. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.
  • Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl A. and Karen B. Montagno, eds., Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009.
  • Louw, Daniel, Takaaki David Ito, and Ulrike Elsdorfer, eds., Encounter in Pastoral Care and Spiritual Healing: Towards an Integrative and Intercultural Approach. Rotorua NZ: 9th International Conference on Pastoral Care and Counselling, 2011.
  • Neck, Christopher, Charles Manz, and Jeffery Houghton. Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence, 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2020.
  • Swift, Christopher, Mark Cobb, and Andrew Todd. A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies: Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places. Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2016.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Case Study 1500 35.0
Audio recording or Podcast 1000 25.0
Portfolio 1500 40.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 6 Feb, 2025

Unit record last updated: 2025-02-06 10:47:56 +1100