BASIC UNIT OF CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION 1

Unit Weighting                       

18 cps

Type of Unit                

Workplace

Prerequisites                

9 cps in Pastoral Theology

Interview and criminal record clearance

Academic Staff            

Rev. Alan Galt OAM (2006), BA (Sydney 1964) MA (Macquarie 1980), Acting Level 3 Supervisor of CPE (2003), Senior Lecturer

Curriculum Objectives

This course unit seeks to develop the students’ awareness of self and other through individual and group supervision of clinical pastoral practice.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

1.     Identify the different ways in which patients are affected by and respond to their experience of illness or crisis
2.     Identify their thoughts and feelings within a ministry event.
3.     Articulate the role of the Pastoral Care Practitioner within a ministry context
4.     Use group and individual supervision to evaluate the effectiveness of their ministry
5.     Demonstrate an integration of their ministry theory and practice.

Content

1.     Reflective Practice
2.     Understanding the Ministry Context
3.     Role of the Pastor and its boundaries
4.     Pastoral Interventions including empathy
5.     Theological reflection

Assessment Profile

1.     Present an essay describing the Pastoral Role within your ministry context, with particular note to boundaries.
2.     Students will present a written account of a ministry event in which they identify their thoughts and feelings.
3.     At mid-unit students will present a learning portfolio, illustrating the different ways in which people respond to illness and or crisis
4.     At the end of the Unit students will demonstrate how they have used insights and feedback from individual and group supervision and professional reading in their practice of ministry

Schedule

30 Tuesdays, 8:30am to 3:30pm, March to November

Supervised placements in health care facilities, North Ryde and Lakemba (NSW)