Graduate Certificate inProfessional Supervision (Pastoral)
February/July Intakes
On Campus at CHC Brisbane
Course Details Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision (Pastoral)
This course is designed for coaches, mentors and supervisors in ministry, senior chaplains, team-leaders and anyone else with ministry experience wishing to enter private practice in pastoral supervision. Through this course current supervisors can upgrade their skills and knowledge and qualify for membership with professional supervision associations including the Australasian Association of Supervision (AAOS).
Duration
6 months full-time
1 year part-time
Commencing
Semester 1
Semester 2
Mode
On Campus with CHC and St Marks
Credit Points
32
Career outcomes from a Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision
Take your experience and passion for seeing others thrive into a new ministry.
Admissions Criteria
I am an applicant with:
Applicants having recently finished secondary education are not eligible for admission to this course.
Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study are not eligible for admission to this course.
Applicants with a Bachelor degree in either Theology, Social Work, Psychology, Education, Management or equivalent are eligible for admission to this course.
Or, have at least five years professional experience within a helping profession and a recommendation from their employer, professional association, or ordaining body.
Applicants with work and life experience, but not a higher education qualification are not eligible for admission to this course.
English language proficiency
Applicants for whom English is not their first language must provide certified documentary evidence that their secondary schooling, or tertiary studies of at least one year, was conducted in the English language or they have satisfactory results in an acceptable English Language Proficiency examination (see table below). Results are to be no more than two years old as at the commencement of the course of study.
What to expect
You will learn how to be able to demonstrate current best practice in the fields of professional and pastoral supervision, including on issues of Australian law and practice, professional ethics, and around mandatory reporting requirements and critically reflect upon ethical decision making in the field.
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Regardless of whether you have recently completed secondary education or have vocational education and training (VET) study, higher education study, or work and life experience, the process of applying for admission to CHC will depend on whether your preferred course is an undergraduate course or a postgraduate course, and whether you are a domestic student or an international student.
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