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    PgCert: 12 or 24 months part-time

Course Description

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • It enables chaplains to evidence the Spiritual and Religious Care Capabilities and Competences for Healthcare Chaplains and demonstrate fitness to practice as a Healthcare Chaplain and so become Board Registered.
  • You will learn to assess and meet spiritual and religious care needs, develop educational support for quality spiritual and religious care and facilitate professional role development and staff support.
  • Commissioned by NHS Education for Scotland and it enables chaplains to evidence the Spiritual and Religious Care Capabilities and Competences for Healthcare Chaplains and demonstrate fitness to practice as a healthcare chaplain and so become Board Registered, subject to satisfying eligibility criteria of the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy.

Entry Requirements

You should be working in post as a chaplain or have arranged a chaplaincy placement for the duration of the programme. The placement should be supervised and the student mentored by a chaplain registered with the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy.

The NHS Education for Scotland capabilities and competences for healthcare chaplains require that all applicants have a recognized status within a mainstream faith community or belief group (including humanism). Applicants can be ordained or lay. Applicants whose authorizing faith community or belief group is not affiliated with Interfaith Scotland or represented by the Healthcare Chaplaincy Faith and Belief Group (HCFBC) should supply written confirmation of their eligibility to register with the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy.

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