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In your role as a Chaplain, it is essential to develop your skills and understanding to provide high-quality pastoral and spiritual care in the setting in which you work. These part-time, multi-disciplinary, work-based courses are primarily aimed at those working (paid or voluntary) across a diverse range of Chaplaincy contexts, including, schools, hospitals, universities, prisons, military, and the growing area of urban and workplace chaplaincy.
Newman University offers professional development qualifications which are part-time, and multi-disciplinary for those wishing to gain a further grounding in both the theological and pastoral aspects of their Chaplaincy role.
You will normally need a good undergraduate degree or equivalent or substantial experiential learning and demonstrate the ability to study at the postgraduate level.
You will normally be working as a chaplain or similar in a paid or voluntary capacity for the equivalent of 2 sessions a week for each of the modules. One of your referees will need to be a person with direct experience in your practice, ideally also a chaplain. We will discuss your experience at the interview. All applicants will be interviewed in person or over zoom, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and meet one of the teaching team.
20 hours per week.
Chaplaincy: Principles and Practice
20 Credits(Compulsory)This module will enable students to explore the principles and practices found in a range of Chaplaincy contexts. Students will enhance and analyze their own pastoral care skills and knowledge needed to be an effective Chaplains. Critically reflecting on their own values, faith, and work context, students will examine the skills needed in the areas of chaplaincy and pastoral care and critique and articulate their own faith tradition in response to this.
Understanding Spirituality20 Credits(Compulsory)The module will enable students to gain a critical understanding of the concepts of spirituality and faith development in contemporary society. A range of models of spirituality will be covered, which will be drawn from the experience of the students and the rich traditions within the faith communities. There will be the opportunity to analyze important theories of faith development, and to consider some of the issues and trends in faith and spirituality which may particularly affect people today.
Reflective Practice20 Credits(Compulsory)The module will enable students to analyze and critique the links between theory and context through experiential learning and supervised practice. They will develop and sustain an attitude of reflective attentiveness to self, the world, and their professional practice.
The University is not licensed by the UK Government to sponsor migrant students under the Student route and is therefore unable to accept applications from international students at present.
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