NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education
NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education
This Centre conducts courses in CPE with a focus on the provision of pastoral care in an acute care hospital. We also support newly employed pastoral care providers to meet employer training requirements for residential aged care and prison ministries.
Centre Director
NSWCCPE is looking to appoint a new Centre Director.
What courses are offered?
Both the CPE Introductory Course (40 hours) and Foundational and Advanced Units (both 400 hours) are offered.
Introductory Course
This 40-hour course prepares volunteers who want to pastorally care for patients as hospital visitors. It meets the minimum requirement for all authorised visiting within NSW Health Department Facilities.
Topics discussed include the ethos of pastoral care, listening skills, self-awareness, grief and loss issues, wellness, hospital protocols, role-plays of visiting and discovering our spirituality.
Foundational & Advanced Unit
These 400-hour courses allow trainees to engage in active listening at the bedside with patients, to reflect on the conversation in both a group situation and privately with their supervisor and then carry the learning from these encounters to the next conversation with the patients. They train practitioners in both general and specialist ministries.
Who can apply?
Foundational & Advanced Units
There are no CPE courses currently planned for 2023. New dates will be added when available.
Classroom training (Face-to-Face)
Two-day orientation weekends and then two consecutive days each month, 9am-5pm and 1-4pm.
Practical Training
Six hours practical hospital/ministry placement per week
Introductory courses
$425.00
There is a $75 non-refundable deposit which is paid on the first day of training
Per unit
$1850.00
Upon acceptance into the programme there is a $500 non-refundable deposit payable prior to the first day of training
For trainees wishing to be enrolled with a Sydney College of Divinity Chaplaincy programme, fee-help is available.
Contact Carolyn Dann, Registrar for more information carolynccpe@outlook.com
Academic Recognition
As a Member Institute of the Sydney College of Divinity, the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education provides the following Chaplaincy training to students with a Bachelor degree or other relevant qualifications:
Each CPE unit gives 18 credit points. The remaining credit points may be gained by enrolment in related courses (such as theology, Biblical studies, pastoral counselling) offered through the other member institutes of the Sydney College of Divinity.
Non-award students receive certification and credit through the NSW College of CPE for Foundational and Advanced Units of CPE.
Find out more about student life at NSWCCPE
Call our Registrar on 0420 359 097 or send an email message
