Pastoral Practitioner Port Macquarie

Casual Pastoral PractitionerUniting Mingaletta Port MacquarieMake a difference where it matters Uniting we believe in love in action supporting people through all stages of life and helping our communities to be places of connection compassion and looking for a Casual Pastoral Practitioner to join our team at Uniting Mingaletta in beautiful Port Macquarie providing compassionate person-centred pastoral and spiritual care to residents families carers staff and is a welcoming 110-place aged care home built around a household model of care where residents are supported to feel at home and maintain a sense of meaning and purpose in their everyday lives. With welcoming gardens communal spaces a café library and chapel it is a place designed around connection and community. And being just minutes from Port Macquaries beaches and town centre its a pretty special place to work is a role where your presence really it will be about listening to someone who needs to talk. Sometimes it will be sitting quietly alongside someone through a difficult time offering comfort during grief or illness helping someone connect with their faith or simply making sure they feel seen heard and build genuine relationships and provide care that respects each persons beliefs culture identity and life story. Spiritual care is offered to people of all faiths spiritualities and worldviews with religious care provided within the Christian tradition in an inclusive and respectful youll bringYoull bring experience in pastoral spiritual religious emotional or relational support along with empathy compassion and the ability to connect with people experiencing vulnerability illness grief or significant life change. Relevant pastoral theological ministry or spiritual care study is required together with CPE or equivalent pastoral DescriptionPastoralPractitionerMost importantly youll bring a genuine desire to serve your community and make a positive difference in the lives of youre looking for meaningful work where something as simple as your time your listening and your presence can make someones day a little better wed love to hear from Uniting and put compassion into this sounds like meaningful work you would value we would bevery happyto have a conversation about the arrangement that could work for you and for our you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact LouiseMassie via email UnitingAt Unitingpastoraland spiritual care is about the whole welcome and support people of all faiths spiritualities cultures and worldviews. Our approach respectseach individualsbeliefs identitychoicesand life story while creating opportunities formeaning purpose hopebelongingand part of the Mission team you will join an organisation whose purpose is toinspire people enliven communities and confront injustice and whose pastoral care is grounded in compassion dignityinclusionand you are someone who understands the value of simply being present listening without judgement recognising what matters and supporting people through some of lifes most significant moments wed love to hear from Reporters are employees who deliver services directly to children and young people or who supervise employees who deliver these services. However all employees are responsible forapplying the Protecting Children and Young People with Uniting will require background checks including a Working with Children Check NDIS Worker Screening Check PoliceCheckand references.