Spiritual Care Manager
Applications close: 16 September 2024
Hours: Full Time
Location: Melbourne (with some travel to Tasmania)
Applications Close: 16th September 2024
Background
This role is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, innovative person to join Uniting AgeWell’s (UA’s) Mission Team; A team with wide skills and experiences seeking to raise the practice and professionalism of spiritual care across the organisation.
Position Purpose
To support the Director of Mission and Mission Team in embedding UA’s vision for spiritual care through the management and guidance of chaplains and spiritual care practitioners, and the implementation of strategies and initiatives.
The Spiritual Care Manager will:
• Understand the context of providing and managing spiritual care within an organisation.
• Lead, manage, and guide chaplains and spiritual care practitioners in the delivery and development of spiritual care and spiritual care leadership.
• Value and develop collaborative relationships with senior leaders across the organisation.
• Encourage open, respectful, and creative teamwork within the spiritual care team.
• Ensure chaplains provide a high-level honouring, safe, person-centered spiritual care that is both accountable and meets the emotional, spiritual and religious needs of residents, families & staff.
• Participate fully in recruitment processes, lead monthly chaplain/spiritual care meetings, and conduct performance development plan reviews.
About you:
You have a strong commitment to safe and respectful spiritual care, that includes religious, spiritual, and secular care for people from a variety of cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds and experiences.
This is the place for you if you:
• Are emotionally and spiritually mature
• Appreciate working in an inclusive and diverse organisation that is thriving and works actively across the following areas of Residential Care: Dementia Care, Palliative Care, Mental Health, Spiritual Care, Trauma Informed Care for Forgotten Australians and Care Leavers, Reconciliation with First Nations Peoples
• Have leadership and management experience within an organization and can juggle expectations and priorities
• Value teamwork that nourishes, challenges, and adapts to a changing environment
• Are passionate to keep developing and growing a team of spiritual care practitioners and chaplains
• May sometime in the future be interested to work with us exploring possibilities of spiritual care in home and community care.
Essentials for working in Aged Care:
• A current Working With Children People card
• Current and ongoing flu and COVID-19 Vaccinations
• Australian working rights
• Ability to pass a national police clearance
Benefits of being part of the Mission Team at UA:
• Working in an organization that values and continues to develop high quality spiritual care
• Regular monthly chaplain and spiritual care practitioner meetings
• Professional Supervision costs with external supervisor covered by UA
• Yearly gatherings and conference – fully funded by UA
• Support for Professional Development, education and career pathways
• Good rates of pay and salary packaging
• Mandatory flu vaccination is provided
For further information, please contact Judy Fry: Email: jfry@unitingagewell.org Mobile: +61 455 454 538
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