Graduate Certificate of Pastoral Care for Mental Health
Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Pastoral Care for Mental Health is a specialist professional development course designed to equip Christian leaders for the ministry of pastoral care for mental health in the local church and other ministry contexts.
This course, comprising four subjects at AQF levels 8-9, will equip students with a rigorous theological framework for pastoral care for mental health and wellbeing, and offers electives which integrate theological reflection with advanced skills in pastoral care.
The subjects in this course are also available at Level 9 for Doctor of Ministry candidates who wish to pursue a specialisation in this field within their degree.
Duration
Part-time (up to two years)
Mode
Hybrid Intensives
Course Level
Australian Qualifications Framework Level 8
Subject Level
Delivered at Levels 8-9
Credit Points
48 credit points
Early exit point
N/A
Admission Requirements
Academic Qualification: Completion of a 3-year bachelor degree or equivalent.
This course will equip you with advanced knowledge and understanding of pastoral care for mental health and wellbeing in the local church and other ministry contexts.
You will examine biblical theological frameworks for pastoral care for mental health and wellbeing which will inform your theological reflection in ministry practice, enabling you to apply advanced understanding in this area of pastoral care in formal ministry contexts and in the wider community.
The Graduate Certificate of Pastoral Care for Mental Health entails three core subjects from a choice of four, and one elective, each worth 12 credit points.
Core subjects: (24 credit points)
PC137-812: Theological Perspectives on Mental Health; AND
PC136-812: Theological Approaches to Wellbeing
One of either: (12 credit points)
PC135-812: Pastoral Care for those with Mental Ill-Health; OR
IN004-812: Mental Health issues in Christian Counselling
Elective subjects: (12 credit points)
Electives eligible for inclusion in this course are:
DE003-812: Disability, Theology, and Religion
PC002-812: Pastoral Care
PC003-812: Pastoral Skills and Methods
PC008-812: Spiritual Formation for Professional Ministries
PC050-812: Mentoring and Pastoral Care of Workers
PC067-812: Spirituality for Christian Ministry
PC093-812: Pastoral Care Field Education
PC094-812: Practical Ministry Field Education
PC095-812: Lay Ministry Field Education
PC121-812: Theology for Everyday Life
PC200-812: Pastoral & Church-Focused Ministry Project – 7,000 words