Chaplain

Ensure worship, rituals, sacramental ministry and spiritual practices are offered in UCQ services......

UnitingCare Qld through their BlueCare Aged Care service is seeking an experienced Chaplain for the role of Chaplain in our two Bundaberg Aged Care Facilities (Part time)

This role will help lead the delivery of a Chaplaincy service across our facilities in Bundaberg.

Who are we:

Blue Care is one of Australia’s leading providers of residential and community care, and retirement living. Supporting people to remain as independent as possible is our passion. Our network of 260 centres across Queensland supports the care choices of older people, people with disability and others in need. We are a not-for-profit organisation and part of UnitingCare Queensland, the health and community service provider of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland.

What you will do:

Uniting Church spiritual expression and connection

• Ensuring worship, rituals, sacramental ministry and spiritual practices are offered in UCQ services.
• Strengthening the connection between the Uniting Church mission and UCQ services, as well as the relationship between UCQ service and the wider Uniting Church and local community.
• Facilitating diverse expressions of Christian community for staff, caregivers and families of the people we serve.
• Contributing to the life of the wider Uniting Church through congregation, Presbytery and Synod connection.

Volunteers, education and staff inductions

• Recruitment, training and support of spiritual care volunteers.
• Contributing to staff education in the area of pastoral and spiritual care.
• Contributing to the induction of staff.

Caregivers and family support

• Providing various support programs and pastoral and spiritual care for caregivers and family members of the people we serve.

Spiritual care of the people we serve

• Ensuring the provision of spiritual and pastoral care, spiritual care assessments and various spiritual and pastoral care options.
• Assist in planning, co-ordinating, equipping and evaluating of the spiritual and pastoral care services defined within the scope of this position.

Staff spiritual care

• Ensuring the provision of spiritual and pastoral care for staff.
• Promoting and supporting holistic care for staff.

Key Requirements:

Qualifications

• Clinical Pastoral Education, Certificate IV in Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy or equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution or demonstrated experience that meets this criterion.
• Recognised theological training
• This position is for the exercise of the duties of ordained ministry of the Uniting Church in Australia. Preference will in the first case be given to appropriately qualified Ministers of the Word or Deacons. A lay person may be appointed to the role subject to successful completion of requirements for the ministry of pastor in the Uniting Church in Australia.

Skills

• Demonstrated understanding and application of the theology/philosophy of spiritual care
• Broad experience in Clinical Pastoral Education or its equivalent
• Highly developed interpersonal communication and problem solving skills
• Sensitivity to deliver spiritual and pastoral care to a wide variety of staff, clients, residents and their families
• Knowledge of special issues and requirements associated with care of the aged, in particular palliative care
• Ability to facilitate large and small group information and education sessions
• Ability to work effectively within an ecumenical, multi-faith, multi-disciplinary framework
• Ability to conduct worship activities and spiritual practices
• Competence in the use of information technology

Other

• Current Drivers Licence - Presentation of a current Drivers Licence must be made before your appointment to the position can be confirmed
• Hold a current Working with Children Check through the completion of a Blue Card Business Application in Queensland (BCB). While not in an employment relationship with the Uniting Church in Australia, presentation of a current BCB card must be made before the appointment can be confirmed.
• Hold a current Yellow Card.
• All Blue Care Chaplains must satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies. The appropriate forms will be supplied and processed by Blue Care.
• Current flu vaccination and willingness to keep this up to date annually
• Demonstrates an understanding of and continual involvement in Code of Ethics and Safe Ministry with Children training in accordance with Uniting Church policy.
• Accesses regular professional supervision
• The successful applicant must be eligible to legally work in Australia and proof of eligibility may be requested.
• Travel, working out of hours, attendance at Presbytery Meetings and Synod in Session

Please submit an expression of interest to the Secretary of Placements Committee via the 'Apply to this Job' button below, by COB 31 January 2026.

For any further information please email UnitingCare Manager of Mission and Pastoral Care Jeff Howard at jeff.howard@ucareqld.com.au