Spiritual and religious Care Capabilities and Competencies for Healthcare Chaplains

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Spiritual and religious Care Capabilities and
Competencies for Healthcare Chaplains

• A Capabilities / Competencies Framework
• Supported by
• CAAB Chaplaincy Academic and Accreditation Board
• AHPCC Association of Hospice and Palliative Care
  chaplains
• CHCC College of Health Care Chaplaincy
• SACH Scottish association of Chaplains in
  Healthcare

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Who are the Capabilities and Competencies for?
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Capabilities or Competencies?

• competence describes what individuals know or are
  able to do in terms of knowledge, skills and
  attitudes at a particular point in time
• capability describes the extent to which an
  individual can apply, adapt and synthesise new
  knowledge from experience and continue to improve
  his or her performance

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Essential Shared Capablilities

• Developed by Department of Health and National
  Institute for Mental Health in England. Adapted
  for chaplaincy
• Working in partnership
• Respecting diversity
• Practising ethically
• Challenging inequality
• Identifying the needs of people using chaplaincy
  services
• Providing safe and responsive patient care
• Promoting best practice
• Promoting rehabilitation approaches
• Promoting self care and empowerment
• Pursuing personal development and learning

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Chaplaincy Framework

• Structured under nine domains
• Knowledge for practice
• Reflective practice
• Practicing ethically
• Spiritual and religious assessment and
  intervention
• Multiprofessional working
• Staff support
• Chaplain to the hospital or unit
• Communication skills
• Spiritual formation

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How can a framework be used?

• for self-assessment
• as a means of planning personal development
• as a means of planning team development
• as a guide to developing education and training
• as a guide to developing work-based learning.
• It is anticipated that those using the framework
  for professional development purposes would be
  supported and guided by an experienced mentor

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Developing a Qualification for Healthcare
Chaplaincy

• Project group remit
• To commission a single or collaborative group of
  Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) who will
  thereafter work on a chaplaincy qualification

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Building on the work of Chaplaincy Academic and
Accreditation Board

• Chaplaincy is a graduate profession
• Candidates should be able to fulfil entry
  requirements for post graduate study
• A professional register should contain the names
  of individuals who meet the standards required to
  practice stating the level at which the chaplain
  is qualified
• Chaplaincy is working towards registration as an
  Associated Health Profession
• A recognised educational base and career
  structure will be required for registration
• With the professional organisations NES is taking
  the lead to develop and initiate a qualification
  for healthcare chaplaincy in Scotland

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Where is the project now?

• Framework adapted and agreed using other
  documents
• Ongoing consultation with project group
• Consultation with Lead Chaplains throughout UK
  including Scotland
• Project consultants preparing draft competencies
  for comment using the following frameworks
• Standards for NHSScotland Chaplaincy Services
• Skills for Health Competencies
• CAAB mapping of NHS Knowledge Skills Framework
• Consulting with University faculties and
  departments
• Draft competencies to be available in November
  2007