The Association of Spiritual Care professional of Quebec Current situation 2016

A few statistics  Membership: 141  Percentage of members holding specialist status : 2,5 %  Percentage of members who have passed one course(87%) or more(13%)  Number of teacher supervisors : 2

The spiritual care support worker  Employee of the Public Sector - unionised (In Quebec, all hospitals are nationalised)  Job title description:  A person carrying out support activities and guidance to the spiritual and religious lives of patients, their families and loved ones  They ensure the planning, implementation and evaluation of activities of a spiritual and religious nature. They conduct home visits to patients and identify their spiritual and religious needs. They respond to dialogues in theological, spiritual or ethical matters, participate in interdisciplinary teams and provide moral support to the families of patients.  Must have a degree in theology, pastoral care, religious studies or equivalent discipline.  NO TRAINING REQUIRED

Current or future issues  Maintaining and increasing membership  The job cuts due to budgetary problems  Reflection on maintaining relations with educational institutions in connection with initial training  The creation of a professional body  Developing a spiritual care competency framework :  Based on the document for CASC (Social and Cultural Action Committee) skills but which corresponds to what is relevant in Quebec  Necessary for the creation of a professional body  Essential to the development of an initial training program based on skills and a continuous education programme  Basic tool for assessing staff performance in spiritual care  Framework for selection interviews of personnel in spiritual care

Skills Reference System in Spiritual Care FIELD 1: INTERVENTION 1.1 To be able to determine the pertinence and the type of intervention to perform 1.2 To be able to perform a spiritual intervention with a client or a group 1.3 To be able to document and to evaluate one’s intervention FIELD 2: PROFESSIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS 2.1 To be able to establish and maintain professional, interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships

Skills Reference System in Spiritual Care  FIELD 3: AWARENESS OF ONE’S IDENTITY AND OF ONE’S SPIRITUAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  3.1 To be able to have a clear vision of one’s spiritual and professional identity  3.2 To be able to ensure one’s spiritual and professional development  FIELD 4: INFLUENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSION