Pastoral People at Work (DP1035L)

Content

The purpose of this unit is to provide the student with the opportunity to engage in supervised pastoral care to others, and then to reflect with supervisor(s) and peer(s) on his/her practice of ministry. Over a 12-week semester, the unit consists of, per week, 4–5 hours of pastoral care to people in a stipulated setting (e.g. parish, hospital, etc, or combination of places) as well as 3–4 hours in reflective writing, and 2 hours in consultation with the student’s pastoral supervisor and peer(s)/mentor(s).

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

DP1008L Pastoral People 1

Pedagogy

Ministry practice unit under supervision

Indicative Bibliography

• Lutheran Church of Australia. Commission on Worship.1998. Rites and resources for pastoral care. Ed David A. Schubert. Adelaide, SA: Openbook Publishers. (recommended for purchase)
• Axten, David, et al. 2005. Good question!: solution oriented counselling. DVD and manual. Kew, VIC: PsychOz.
• Bailey, Roy. 2001. Practical counselling skills. Bicester, UK: Speechmark.
• Carkhuff, Robert. 2009. The art of helping. 9th ed. Amherst, MA: HRD Press.
• Corey, Gerald, and Marianne Schneider Corey. 2010. Becoming a helper. 6th ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
• Egan, Gerard. 2010. The skilled helper: a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping. 9th ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
• Geldard, David. 2009. Basic personal counselling: a training manual for counsellors. 6th ed. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
• Haugk, Kenneth. 1990. The quest for quality caring: improve your ability to relate to others. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress.
• Nelson-Jones, Richard. 2012. Basic counselling skills: a helper’s manual. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  
• Okun, Barbara F., and Ricki E. Kantrowitz. 2007. Effective helping: interviewing and counseling techniques. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
• Patton, John. 2005. Pastoral care: an essential guide. Nashville TN: Abingdon.
• Pelling, Nadine, Randolph Bowers, and Philip Armstrong. 2007.* The practice of counselling*. South Melbourne, VIC: Thomson Learning.
• Ross, Alistair. 2003. Counselling skills for church and faith community workers. Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.
• Savage, John. 1996. Listening and caring skills: a guide for groups and leaders. Nashville, TN: Abingdon.
• Steinhoffsmith, Roy Herndon. 1999. Mutuality of care. St Louis, MO: Chalice Press.
• Stone, Howard W. 2001. Strategies for brief pastoral counseling. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.

Assessment