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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Participate as an effective chaplaincy team member
   • Cooperative, working relationships with chaplaincy team leaders are established and maintained.
   • Communication with other members of the chaplaincy team is established and maintained.
   • Chaplaincy team procedures and practices are agreed and maintained.
   • Arrangements for chaplaincy coverage during periods of absence are negotiated and confirmed with the coordinating chaplain.
2. Support the Chaplains’ Branch
   • Cooperative, working relationships with command and senior chaplains are established and maintained.
   • Cooperative, working relationships with principal chaplains are established and maintained.
   • Communication with other members of the Chaplains’ Branch is established and maintained.
   • Policies, procedures and practices adopted by the Chaplains’ Branch are acknowledged and observed.
3. Maintain effective links with parent religious bodies
   • Regular communication with members of parent religious bodies is maintained.
   • Collegiality with the local minister’s fraternal and religious associations is established and maintained.
   • Chaplaincy related issues are represented within parent religious bodies in accordance with standard procedures.
   • Regular communication with other clergy/religious leaders is established and maintained.
4. Maintain own personal spirituality and wellbeing
   • Reading and prayer life is maintained.
   • Spiritual direction practice is maintained.
   • Personal wellbeing is maintained.

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

work as a team member take part in and facilitate interpersonal exchanges with the team encourage team members establish maintain and develop relationships exploring issues and or problem solving use a variety of verbal and nonverbal communication techniques including body language language style actively listen summarise and clarify ideas read and understand organisations policies procedures organisational planning analytical evaluation and interpretation facilitation liaison

Required Knowledge

denominational doctrines worship and practices the endorsed model of military chaplaincy the operation of the Chaplains Branch within a service and command structure relevant Defence staff and command processes relevant Defence and civil support agencies teamwork principles and strategies composition of teams and roles and responsibilities of team members verbal and nonverbal communication techniques including body language language style active listening questioning techniques for giving and receiving feedback in a constructive manner

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Assessment must confirm the ability to work in a chaplaincy team environment while supporting the Chaplains Branch and maintaining links to the parent religious bodies Consistency in performance Competency should be demonstrated in a range of actual or simulated chaplaincy contexts
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Context of assessment Competency should be assessed by observing a chaplain within the workplace or simulated environment in a role where effective chaplaincy team work is required Specific resources for assessment There are no special resource requirements for this unit

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Range Statement

The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.
Policies, procedures and practices may include:	Goals, objectives, plans, systems and processes Access, equity and diversity principles and practices Quality and continuous improvement processes and standards Standard operating procedures Ethical standards Performance plans Defined resource parameters
Spiritual direction may include:	The maintenance of individual chaplain’s personal spirituality through annual retreats
Personal wellbeing may include:	Personal integrity Personal priorities Personal emotions Personal relationships Personal stress Psychological wellbeing Personal leadership to peers

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