Certificate in Spiritual Care

The certificate in Spiritual Care teaches you a skilled 'way of being' with people. You will enhance their spiritual awareness and help them identify their spiritual needs in their journey towards wholeness. If you work in the healthcare professions, individual practice, or provide pastoral or spiritual care, then this is the course for you.

Understanding spiritual needs and providing appropriate spiritual care are fundamental for promoting personal wholeness and well-being. This informative course provides a holistic approach to developing and providing spiritual care - in a variety of contexts, and with different needs.

Course Outline
You will explore the following key topics:

1. The meaning of Spirituality (both from a religious and non-religious perspective)
2. The rise and development of "spirituality" (including important contributions from the feilds of philosophy, psychology, psychotherapy, sociology, economics, organisational theory and organised religion)
3. The essential qualities of "spirituality"
4. Models and methods to develop spirituality and spiritual care
5. Understanding, assessing and teaching spirituality
6. Developing an awareness of our own and other's spiritual needs
7. Resources to assist with spiritual care
8. Developing spiritual and pastoral care
9. Spiritual, religious and ethical issues
10. Assessment methods of spirituality.

Course materials consist of 10 lessons, 5 tutor marked assignments and a textbook.