• Permanent Part-time role |19 Hours per week offering flexible working days
• Provide chaplaincy support across our Residential Aged Care Home and Retirement Village in Drummoyne and Ashfield
• Be part of a team that values compassion, dignity, and the power of human connection

Are you passionate about providing spiritual and pastoral care that nurtures the whole person? Join BaptistCare and be part of something bigger.

Your Role:

We’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated Chaplain to join our Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care team, working across our Residential Aged Care Home and Retirement Village in Drummoyne and Ashfield. This is a permanent part-time role offering 19 hours per week, ideal for someone who values meaningful connection and holistic care.

As a Chaplain, you will provide effective, person-centred, spiritual, and pastoral care to residents, carers, staff, and volunteers. Your role will involve compassionate and attentive listening, assessing spiritual and pastoral needs, and delivering person-centred spiritual care initiatives.

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 professional spiritual development

Desirable Experience:

• 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

If you would like to be considered for the role, click “Apply” and please provide the following:

• 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 for-purpose Christian-based care organisation that supports thousands of people across more than 100 locations in NSW, ACT and WA. From humble beginnings in 1944, BaptistCare has grown into one of the nation’s most respected care and community services providers. We create strong and caring communities and place people at the centre of all we do.

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 – Transforming lives by expressing the love of Christ.

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.