| ____________________ Our COURSES & MAJORS at a Glance |
The Women's College Seminary
HOSPICE CHAPLAINCY Studies
| America's only Certified Professional Chaplain training program from a fully-chartered College-Seminary |
Hospice Training requirements vary from place to place
Hospice Chaplains are unique and
require special training...
There are general requirements at the national level, however,
each Hospice program operates independently, and applies the
Chaplaincy standards that fit the specialized needs of its
particular service region. (We will give you the typical
requirements, below....)
Hospice Chaplains are unique and
require special training...
There are general requirements at the national level, however,
each Hospice program operates independently, and applies the
Chaplaincy standards that fit the specialized needs of its
particular service region. (We will give you the typical
requirements, below....)
- Prison chaplains tend to work with individual faith
requirements. Police and Fire Chaplains may conduct
funeral ceremonies, do some counseling, and offer the
convocation at banquets, retirement parties, and so forth.
Hospital Chaplains are often faced with immediate trauma,
life-and-death emergency procedures, or praying with
patients and their families just before surgery.
- Hospice Chaplains, though, typically work with
patients who are chronically (although terminally) ill. They
work with staff who grieve when one of their beloved
patients passes on. They work with patient families.
And, of course, they must interact positively with
Administration.
A look what we offer in our Hospice Chaplain Curriculum
We provide a solid chaplaincy program but include many special Hospice-oriented
lessons that our students have requested. While it is important for you to realize that
we are an independent interfaith, non-denominational, college seminary, we can not
| _________________________ Typical requirements to be met by Hospice chaplain applicants • Ordination (We offer Ordination training) • 2 years pastoral experience • Master of Divinity (M-Div) (or its equivalent). Being a fully-chartered not-for- profit college seminary, we offer Divinity Degree studies. • 4-Units of CPE are typically requested, although the actual number is determined by your local Hospice (our Certified Professional Chaplain program offers graduates Four CPE Units with an approved internship, practicum, or project in your community, or through our seminary).
programs want their applicants to already be working in full-time paid chaplaincy position • Eligible for certification with professional organization (Our American Chaplain Training Institute was established to create a set of nationally-consistent standards for those who wish to be designated Certified Professional Chaplains. Our graduates not only earn this certification but are also given the opportunity for both continuing education and Certified Professional Griefworker status. • Background, criminal, and credit checks Practicum: Not every student requires these, but 4-CPE units may be earned if a practicum (short internship) is completed along with these lessons. A seminary faculty committee must approve project proposals but, in general, they may involve a brief period of volunteer experience, shadowing a certified chaplain, or the committee may accept some aspect of your current ministerial / human services work to fulfill this requirement. |
represent any Hospice organization.
We can tell you, however, that none of
our graduates has ever told us that
their training and certification were not
helpful to them.
We can tell you, however, that none of
our graduates has ever told us that
their training and certification were not
helpful to them.
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To give you a broad overview of The Women's College's Hospice Chaplain studies...
Exploring our curriculum -- a very abbreviated glance:
To give you a broad overview of The Women's College's Hospice Chaplain studies...
Exploring our curriculum -- a very abbreviated glance:
- Hospice organizations: how they are unique in
health care - Differences between Hospice and Palliative
Care - Section on Spiritual Assessment
- Stakeholder expectations: patients, family, boss
- Chaplaincy and cultural diversity
- Care plans - Interdisciplinary
- Documentation and progress notes unique to
Hospice - Networking in the community - lesson provided
by our School of Social Work and Counseling - Recruitment, training, supervision of volunteers
- Compliance issues
- Coaching and Counseling
- Funerals / Memorial Services
- Worship services in facility, Communion
- Healing and Other Ceremonies
- Dealing with grieving staff, co-workers
- Preparing for annual program evaluation
- The following is a very
abbreviated list of additional
lessons offered ... all designed to
provide you with a broad
overview of our program. The
actual curriculum is much more
comprehensive
- Comparative World Religions - from our divinity
school - The Essential Art of Reflective Listening - from
our School of Social Work and Counseling - Client Confidentiality
- Situation Ethics
- Grief Worker Modules 1-4 from our Certified
Professional Griefworker program - Prayer 1: The role of prayer at Hospice
- Prayer 2: When to, and when not to
- Prayer 3: How to, and how not to pray in a
Hospice context, and with whom - Counseling Phases -- from our school of
Social Work and Counseling
- Practical Ethics Module - three lessons
- Phases of Counseling
- Leading Groups - four part module
- Stress - Checking for
- Stress Management for patient and loved ones
- Stress Management for co-workers
- Grief work Do's and Taboos
- Boundaries - An Essential Primer
- Boundaries - Ethical and Legal aspects
- Process of Dying
- Life After Death - Cultural and Religious
systems - What if faced with a "Near Death Experience"?
- Peer support for professionals working in an
environment where virtually everyone you help
ends up dying - Reframing statements: Positivity
- Hands: Touching Help and Cautions
- When you are asked, "Is there a God?"
- How a Chaplain's job differs from other
ministries - why not every minister can be a
Hospice Chaplain - The Chaplain's Bosses - compliance with
policies and procedures - When your own faith is less focused
- What to do when
- Earthly Happiness vs. Heavenly Reward -You
will be asked! - Confession - Absolution issues
- Healing - Extreme Unction - Last Rites
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ACTI: OurAmerican Chaplain Training Institute
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