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This module will enable students to explore the principles and practices found in a range of Chaplaincy contexts. Students will enhance and analyse their own pastoral care skills and knowledge needed to be an effective Chaplain. Critically reflecting on their own values, faith and work context, students will examine the skills needed in the areas of chaplaincy and pastoral care and critique and articulate their own faith tradition in response to this.
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The module will enable students to gain a critical understanding of the concepts of spirituality and faith development in contemporary society. A range of models of spirituality will be covered, which will be drawn from the experience of the students and the rich traditions within the faith communities. There will be the opportunity to analyse important theories of the faith development, and to consider some of the issues and trends in faith and spirituality which may particularly affect people today.
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The module will enable students to analyse and critique the links between theory and context through experiential learning and supervised practice. They will develop and sustain an attitude of reflective attentiveness to self, the world, and their professional practice.
Paediatric and Maternity Chaplaincy PG Cert
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate, September 2023
Newman University in partnership with the Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care delivers the only Postgraduate Certificate in Paediatric and Maternity Chaplaincy available in the UK. We are applying to the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy for this to be a qualifying course for registration.
This programme is run alongside Newman University’s highly regarded own Postgraduate Certificate in Chaplaincy and follows the same 3x 20 credit modules although this course is run over 18-24 months on a rolling programme:
The course offers a professional development qualification for those wishing to gain further grounding in both the theological and pastoral aspects of their Chaplaincy role.
In your role as a Chaplain it is essential to develop your skills and understanding to provide high quality pastoral and spiritual care in the setting in which you work. These part time, multi-disciplinary, work-based courses are primarily aimed at those working (paid or voluntary) across the diverse range of Chaplaincy contexts, including, schools, hospitals, universities, prisons, military and the growing area of urban and workplace chaplaincy.
Newman University offers professional development qualifications which are part time, multi-disciplinary for those wishing to gain further grounding in both the theological and pastoral aspects of their Chaplaincy role. You can choose to study alongside others learning from a range of contexts, while focusing on your own by undertaking either the Postgraduate Certificate in Chaplaincy (1 year) or Masters in Chaplaincy (2 ½ – 4 years). We also offer a specialised route for those in Paediatric and Maternity Chaplaincy. In partnership with the Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care we offer a Postgraduate Certificate in Paediatric and Maternity Chaplaincy (2 years) or you can do it as part of the full Masters in Chaplaincy (2 ½ – 4 years).
- The Courses are designed around you as the Chaplain/Chaplaincy worker, enabling you to develop your own skills, knowledge and research base suited to your own context.
- As applied courses they enable you to reflexively draw on your experience in tandem with the academic learning
- The programmes are inter-disciplinary drawing on a number of academic fields such as theology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy
- The Assessments will help develop your reflective and research practice and encourage you to hone and focus your Chaplaincy.
- Delivery of the courses is Hybrid. You will be expected to attend 5x weekends a year in Birmingham. This is supported by online learning to enable you to incorporate it into your busy work and personal life.
The Chaplaincy certificate aims to develop your skills and experience as a reflective practitioner through our series of three modules.
- Year A Semester 1: Chaplaincy: Principles and Practices (20 credits)
- Year B Semester 1: Understanding Spirituality (20 credits)
- Year A or B Semester 2: Reflective Practice (20 credits – you have a year to complete this)
Please note: 2022/2023 is Year B
The core module of Chaplaincy: Principles and Practice explores an understanding of your role in institutional settings basing your practice as a Chaplain on a secure grasp of your own values, faith and work context as well as exploring models of pastoral care.
The reflective practice module is an essential element of our integrated model and meets the expected professional standards. With initial taught input by staff the emphasis is on experiential learning and reflective practice in your chaplaincy context.
The module Understanding Spirituality will enable you to understand the concepts of spiritualties and faith formation in contemporary society. The module will also develop an understanding of what issues and trends in faith and spirituality may particularly affect people today.
You will be assessed using a variety of methods, some of these include tutorials, delivering a seminar, poster presentation, and a reflective portfolio.
All of these assessments will include links to your experience as a Chaplain as well as to your academic reading and development.
Graduates have continued in their Chaplaincy ministry, often moving into leadership roles, or from voluntary to paid positions.
The course is a hybrid course involving a combination of face-to-face study with video calls or a combination of these delivered normally at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in Birmingham city centre. The first day of each of the academic years will be taught on site at Newman University to introduce you to the campus and key staff.
Our first teaching session will be
- 14th October (Saturday 10am – 4:00pm) @Newman University
and the dates for the further teaching sessions are:
- 4th November 10am – 4:00pm @ Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- 2nd December 10am – 4:00pm @ Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- 2nd March 10am – 4:00pm @ Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- 27th April 10am – 4:00pm @ Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Clearing 2023
Call our Clearing hotline now to see if we can offer you a place to start this September.
If on results day you wish to re-consider your choice and want to choose Newman University, you can apply to us over the phone (+44 121 476 1181) , on LiveChat or through Whatsapp.
You can also join us on Saturday 19th August for an Open Day to look around the facilities and talk with subject and support staff. No need to book, simply turn up.
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Entry Requirements
You will normally need a good undergraduate degree or equivalent or substantial experiential learning and demonstrate the ability to study at postgraduate level.
You will normally be working as a chaplain or similar in a paid or voluntary capacity for the equivalent of 2 sessions a week for each of the modules. One of your referees will need to be a person with direct experience of your practice, ideally also a chaplain. We will discuss your experience at interview. All applicants will be interviewed in person or over zoom, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and meet one of the teaching team.
There are a limited number of opportunities to be based at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital for the practice element of the course.
Email Rev Paul Nash p.nash@nhs.net if you are interested in this option.
If you have any questions regarding entry onto this course please contact
Margaret Holland – Chaplain
m.holland@newman.ac.uk
or our friendly and helpful admissions team via our Admissions Enquiry Form
International Students
The University is not licensed by the UK Government to sponsor migrant students under the Student route and is therefore unable to accept applications from international students at present.
Course Fees
Total Course Fee UK Students:
£2,100 (in total for whole PG Cert Programme)*
We offer a 6 month interest free payment plan.
*Fees shown are for 2023/24 academic year. The University will review tuition fees and increase fees in line with any inflationary uplift as determined by the UK Government, if permitted by law or government policy, on enrolment and in subsequent years of your course. It is anticipated that such increases would be linked to RPI (the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments).
Modules
Please be aware that, as with any course, there may be changes to the modules delivered, for information view our Changes to Programmes or Module Changes page.
Timetables: find out when information is available to students