If you want a career in pastoral care, this course is built for you. Learn care skills for hospitals, schools, aged care, prisons, and community settings. Faith is welcome, not required.
You can build skills for supporting people through grief, loss, crisis, and trauma. The course is open to people of all faiths and no faith.
If you already support people, add pastoral care skills to your work. Learn to respond to needs, build relationships, and work with diverse people.
Study online when it suits you. Weekly Zoom sessions and monthly mentoring give you support along the way.
These skills fit settings where people need care and support. You could work in hospitals, aged care, schools, prisons, workplaces, or community groups.
Support people through grief, illness, crisis, and moral distress in institutional settings.
Provide emotional, spiritual, and practical support during life challenges.
Use communication and care skills while supporting people in community services.
Coordinate pastoral and spiritual care in settings such as aged care.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.
Thirteen units covering pastoral care, support, safety, and communication.
Here is what stands out in this course.
The course has a secular framing. You can enrol with any faith, or no faith.
Every eligible learner gets a supervised work placement before finishing. Placement runs for 100 hours over five weeks.
Join three hours of live Zoom training each week. You can also access course materials online at any time.
CHC42315 · Hader Institute of Education
Finish with the CHC42315 Certificate IV in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care.
This is a nationally recognised AQF Level 4 qualification.
Complete 100 hours in a supervised work setting before finishing.
Complete a Pre-Enrolment Application online or over the phone.
Take the short Online Literacy and Numeracy Quiz.
Complete a Pre-Training Interview by phone.
Receive your acceptance letter and online platform login details.
You must be at least 18. You need work rights, computer skills, and a laptop or desktop computer. You also complete an LLN assessment and phone interview.
Yes. Study is online and self-paced. You also join weekly live Zoom sessions. Work placement is the only in-person part.
The course runs for 11 months. It includes three weekly Zoom hours and 15 self-paced hours each week. There is also a four-week study break.
There are no exams. Assessment includes written tasks, case studies, practical activities, demonstrations, and role plays.
No religious affiliation is needed. The course has a secular framing and welcomes people of all faiths and no faith.
It is a nationally recognised AQF Level 4 qualification. CHC42315 is regulated by ASQA. Hader Institute of Education is RTO 45162.
Yes. Cancel before or within three days of acceptance for a full refund. No refund applies after that time.
This course is delivered by Hader Institute of Education. It is a nationally recognised training provider and RTO 45162.
Learners get weekly Zoom sessions, monthly mentoring, trainer support, and learner support calls. The college also offers employment assistance through its Job-Ready Program.
Picture being the calm person beside someone when life feels hard.