Graduate Certificate of Professional Pastoral Supervision

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  • 0.5
    Years Full Time
  • 48
    Credit Points
  • Payments Centrelink Approved
    Course code: GCPPS20
  • 2
    Max Years Part Time
  • Online Course
  • Overseas Students

Rationale

This course aims to provide a Christian and theologically informed course in professional pastoral supervision of Christian ministry workers and is also relevant for equipping people for Spiritual Direction Supervision, Coaching Supervision and Mentoring Supervision.

Course Structure

48 credit points over 0.5 years (F/T)

Primary Course Discipline

36 credit points in:

  • PC023-812 - Professional Supervision for Ministry Workers;
  • PC024-812 - Advanced Professional Supervision for Ministry Workers; and
  • PC051-812 - Professional Pastoral Supervision Practicum

12 credit points in specific electives, including:

  • DE014-812 - Chaplaincy in Educational Settings
  • PC063-812 - Positive approaches in Christian Counselling and Ministry
  • PC033-812 - Self-Leadership and Character Formation for Pastors
  • PC073-812 - Self-care and Resilience in Ministry
  • PC076-812 - Personal and Spiritual Formation for Christian Ministry
  • PC081-812 - Pastoring in t he 21st Century
  • PC021-812 - Mentoring Christian Leaders
  • PC053-812 - Professional and Personal Wellbeing in Supervision of Christian Ministry Workers
  • PC138-812 - Leading People, Teams and Yourself in Christian Contexts
  • PC135-812 - Pastoral Care for those with Mental Ill-Health
  • PC136-812 - Theological Approaches to Wellbeing
  • PC035-812 - Principles of Leadership and Management
  • PC049-812 - Chaplaincy Skills
  • EM008-812 - Cross Cultural Communication

Units in this course are completed at Level 8 and above.

Academic Board requirement on delivery of core units:

On 5 August 2022, the Academic Board determined that in line with the principle contained within clause 5.3 of the Faculty Qualification Policy, the three specified core units of the Graduate Certificate of Professional Pastoral Supervision are to be delivered only by faculty who meet the standard Faculty Qualification Policy requirements and also are Supervisor Trainer members of the Australasian Association of Supervision (AAOS) or equivalent.

Academic Board requirement on college approval for course delivery:

On 5 August 2022, the Academic Board determined that if Affiliated Colleges not yet approved to deliver the Graduate Certificate of Professional Pastoral Supervision wish to apply for permission to deliver the course, the college would be requested to demonstrate how it would staff the delivery of the course in line with the above requirement on the delivery of core units.

Professional Registration

This course is recognised by the Australasian Association Of Supervision (AAOS) as an AAOS Recognised Supervisor Training Program (Membership number 0100013).

Admission Requirements

Academic Qualifications:

  • Completed 3 year bachelor degree or equivalent; and
  • Minimum 2 years’ formal academic studies in Ministry/Theology/Divinity/Chaplaincy or a related discipline. (This study requirement may be within the 3-year bachelor degree but this is not required).

Additional Professional Experience and Personal Readiness:

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience as a pastor, pastoral ministry worker or chaplain. All applicants must submit with t heir application a brief summary of their relevant experience including details of the contexts and roles in which t hey have been involved in pastoral ministry and/or chaplaincy.
  • All applicants must submit with their application letters of commendation from their current employing organisation and their professional supervisor, commenting on the character of the applicant and their suitability for training as a professional pastoral supervisor.
  • All applicants must be interviewed by a suitably qualified representative of the college through which they hope to undertake their studies to assess their suitability for study in this award. All criteria by which colleges conduct this assessment must be published and available to prospective students.

Language Qualifications for NESB: IELTS 7.0 overall with a minimum of 7.0 in reading and writing, and 6.5 in listening and speaking OR 10 years in Australia with English being the language primarily spoken both at home and work

Articulation Options

  • GDDIV20
  • MTS20

Exit Options

Learning Outcomes

Discipline Knowledge and Understanding

1. Demonstrate up-to-date advanced knowledge and understanding of the theories and methods of professional supervision, its biblical, theological and ministry foundations and relevant aspects of t he Australian legal, ethical and professional context.

Inquiry and Analysis

2. Collect, analyse, evaluate and synthesize advanced scholarship in inquiry-based learning of Professional Pastoral Supervision.

Problem Solving and Integration

3. Construct evidence-based perspectives on advanced issues in Professional Pastoral Supervision by using recognized source materials, scholarly literature, and reflection on practice

in order to evaluate alternative explanations and draw reasoned conclusions.

Communication

4. Present advanced ideas, knowledge and principles in Professional Pastoral Supervision and engage with specialist and non-specialist audiences using a variety of formats.

Teamwork and Professional Practice

5. As a professional practitioner, apply advanced knowledge of the supervisory alliance to develop professional pastoral relationships with supervisees and other church leaders using a

variety of formats.

Engagement With the World

6. Develop professional and vocational capacity to support Christian leaders to engage in an ethical manner with the challenges of contemporary Christian leadership in the church, society and the wider world.

Continuous Learning and Professional Development

7. Demonstrate advanced skills of reflective practice and self-awareness within supervision practice to sustain personal and professional development.

Fees

$11,904 per semester for full-time (48cp) domestic students (2024 course fees and credit points).

For more information about tuition fees, FEE-HELP, and student payments, view tuition fees.

Approved for delivery at

Approval to deliver a course does not guarantee that this course will be available in a given year – please contact a college about current availability.