Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes
- Prepare for pastoral and spiritual care work
- Identify responsibilities in relation to legislative and regulatory requirements for pastoral and spiritual care work
- Identify responsibilities in relation to organisation policies and procedures for pastoral and spiritual care work
- Identify requirements of relevant professional and ethical standards for pastoral and spiritual care work
- Identify rights and responsibilities of self, employer, clients, families and carers
- Determine pastoral and spiritual care networks and resources
- Identify organisation’s full range of pastoral and spiritual care services
- Identify limitations and parameters of own role
- Identify organisation escalation and crisis procedures
- Identify existing and potential opportunities for referral in accordance with organisation procedures
- Establish relationships with referral network
- Gather internal and external information sources and resources to support pastoral and spiritual care work
- Establish professional supervision
- Determine supervision and/or mentoring requirements of role in consultation with mentor and/or supervisor
- Establish rapport and work with mentor and/or supervisor to build trust
- Receive and act on feedback to improve pastoral care work
- Review own communication with mentor and/or supervisor to promote professional development