PC168-512 - Legal, Ethical, and Cultural Issues in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care

  • 2,940 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
    A
  • Pastoral & Church-Focussed Ministry Unit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Foundational knowledge and understanding of legal, ethical and cultural issues, including methods and standards of professional, safe and ethical practice.

B. Be able to

1. Demonstrate the skills for establishing a professional relationship with appropriate ethical boundaries.

2. Describe diversity, legislation and professional ethical codes in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care.

3. Describe Reflective practice, self-awareness and healthy patterns of spiritual life and self-care in a chaplaincy and spiritual care setting.

C. Be in a position to

Demonstrate a Foundational understanding and capacity for safe practice

Content

1. Ethical decision making

2. Principles and decision-making models

3. Legislation and chaplaincy & spiritual care practice, including considerations relating to the ethics of evangelism

4. Christian ethics and developing ethical maturity

5. Cultural diversity

6. Informed consent and confidentiality

7. Risk of harm to self and others

8. Children and other vulnerable population groups at risk

9. Principles of mandatory reporting

10. Voluntary assisted dying, advanced care directives / end of life care planning

11. Power and dual relationships

12. Record keeping principles

13. Pastoral supervisions and self-care

Set Readings

Recommended:

Baker, Alan. Foundations of Chaplaincy: A Practical Guide. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021.

Best, Megan. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Ethics and the Beginning of Human Life. Kingsford: Matthias Media, 2013.

Boyle, Chris, and Naomi Gamble. Ethical Practice in Applied Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Bretherton, Luke. A Primer in Christian Ethics: Christ and the Struggle to Live Well. Cambridge: CUP, 2023.

Brown, Janet. Reflective Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy in a Diverse Society. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Carroll, Michael, and Elizabeth Shaw. Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions: Making Difficult Life and Work Decisions. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Psychoz Publications, 2012.

Cameron, Alistair. A Joined Up Life: A Christian Account of How Ethics Works. Nottingham, England: IVP UK, 2011.

Cameron, Robert. Working with Difference and Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage, 2020.

Cobb, Mark, Christina M. Puchalski, and Bruce Rumbold, eds. Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Corey, Gerald, Marianne Schneider Corey, and Cindy Corey. Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions. 10th ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2019.

Cottone, R. Rocco, and Vilia Tarvydas. Ethics and Decision Making in Counselling and Psychotherapy. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2016.

Feldman, Sheldon. Legal & Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals. Vol. 1. Psychotherapy.net, 2020.

Feldman, Sheldon. Legal & Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals. Vol. 2. Psychotherapy.net, 2020.

Fitchett, George, and Stephen Nolan. Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy. London: Kingsley Publishers, 2015.

Freegard, Heather, and Lesley Isted, eds. Ethical Practice for Health Professionals. 2nd ed. South Melbourne, VIC: Cengage Learning, 2012.

Grudem, Wayne. Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018.

Hovey, Craig. Exploring Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Key Methods and Debates. London: SPCK, 2018.

Houser, Rick, Frances Wilczenski, and Michael Ham. Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counselling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006.

Lartey, Emmanuel, and Hyeyoung Moon, eds. Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Care: Challenges of Care in a Neoliberal Age. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2020.

LaTonya, Monnica T., and Laura Smith Nelson, eds. Multicultural Counseling: Responding with Cultural Humility, Empathy and Advocacy. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2022.

Lee, Hak Joon. Christian Ethics: A New Covenant Model. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021.

Magnuson, Kevin. Invitation to Christian Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary Issues. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2020.

McAuliffe, Deirdre. Interprofessional Ethics: Collaboration in the Social, Health and Human Services. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

McLean, Graham. Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2022.

Pelling, Nicholas, and Louise Burton, eds. The Elements of Ethical Practice: Applied Psychology Ethics in Australia. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2019.

Pye, Jane, Peter Sedgwick, and Anne Todd. Critical Care: Delivering Spiritual Care in Healthcare Settings. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015.

Rae, Scott B. Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics. 4th ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2018.

Slater, Victoria. Chaplaincy Ministry and the Mission of the Church. Norwich: SCM Press, 2015.

Snodgrass, Judith, ed. Navigating Religious Difference in Spiritual Care and Counselling: Essays in Honor of Kathleen J. Greider. Claremont, CA: Claremont Press, 2019.

Stanglin, Keith D. Ethics beyond Rules: How Christ’s Call to Love Informs Our Moral Choices. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2021.

Swift, Chris, Mark Cobb, and Anne Todd. A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies: Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015.

Thiessen, Elmer John. The Scandal of Evangelism: A Biblical Study of the Ethics of Evangelism. Eugene: Cascade, 2018.

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