Job description
Max term part-time role for 3 months - 45.6 hours per fortnight (3 days per week) - Open to Casual hours
Support residents, families & staff in Dubbo and across our Kintyre Lodge & Kintyre Living Village
Help foster wellbeing, dignity and a sense of belonging through person-centred pastoral care
Your Role
As a Chaplain, you will provide effective, person-centred, spiritual, and pastoral care to customers, their carers, staff, and volunteers. Your role will involve compassionate and attentive listening, assessing spiritual and pastoral needs, and delivering person-centred spiritual care initiatives.
The wonderful opportunity will also see you conduct worship services, staff devotions, funerals, and other rites of passage, participate in case management reviews, and contribute to care plans. Additionally, you will support and encourage BaptistCare staff and volunteers, document pastoral contacts, report activities, attend team meetings, and manage a team of Pastoral Care Volunteers.
About You
Essential Qualifications & Experience:
Tertiary qualifications in chaplaincy / pastoral care OR tertiary theological qualifications, with a willingness to undertake chaplaincy / pastoral care specific training
Ability to demonstrate a high level of Christian spiritual maturity with a pastoral heart
Active involvement in and recommendation from a local Christian Church
Chaplaincy or pastoral care experience
Current 'Working with Children Check'
Willingness to undergo a police check
Essential Competencies:
A personal commitment to growth in the Christian faith
Ability to recognise the spiritual and pastoral needs of clients and to design, deliver and evaluate person centred spiritual care initiatives in accordance with professional codes and standards of conduct.




Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with clients and to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to facilitate safe and welcoming spaces which provide a sense of community and belonging
Treat all clients with equity, respect, and dignity
Provide spiritual and pastoral care in ways that respect and value diversity, e.g. age, race, faith, culture, disability, gender, spirituality, and sexuality
Ability to work within BaptistCare's Purpose and Values and willingness to promote its Christian identity
Ability to work within BaptistCare's Policies and Procedures
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to supervise, support and train pastoral care volunteers
A demonstrated commitment to self-nurture and self-care
demonstrated commitment to maintain professional boundaries, and qualified spiritual development
Desirable Experience:
Previous experience in residential aged care or retirement living will be highly regarded
Understanding of the spiritual and pastoral needs of those living with dementia, loss, grief and bereavement, long term illness, relationship disharmony, mental health, disability, loneliness, or receiving palliative care
Visiting clients in homes and hospitals as appropriate
Apply
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A cover letter addressing ALL the listed essential qualifications & experience and competencies
Updated Resume
Baptist Care empowers staff by offering flexible work hours, a supportive team, training opportunities and financial benefits, including salary packaging and stability working for an industry leading provider.
About Us
BaptistCare is a leading purpose-led care organisation, guided by our Christian identity and serving people and communities across Australia for more than 110 years. We support people to live better through aged care, home care, retirement living, community services, disability support and housing.
We know that life's challenges can make our world feel smaller. With the right people alongside us, it can feel more connected, supported and hopeful again.
That's what we work towards every day - enriching lives through communities of care. Today, more than 70,000 customers, 12,000 employees and close to 2,000 volunteers are part of our communities across Australia.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date. Closing Date is subject to change without notice.
Successful applications will be subject to a variety of background checks including police background check via our online police check system, Working with Children Check, and NDIS check as applicable.
BaptistCare – Inspired by Jesus to champion care for all
Please note:
This position is being managed directly by our internal Talent Acquisition team. We respectfully request that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting any employees directly as all communications must go through the Talent Acquisition. Unsolicited candidate profiles or CVs from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. Thank you.

📌 Chaplain - Dubbo (New South Wales)
🏢 Baptistcare
📍 New South Wales