Profession chaplain

Chaplains perform religious activities in secular institutions. They perform counselling services and provide spiritual and emotional support to the people in the institution, as well as cooperate with priests or other religious officials to support religious activities in the community.

Personality Type

• Social / Artistic
• Enterprising / Social

Knowledge

• Psychological counselling methods

  The various psychological counselling, training and coaching methods for persons of all ages, groups and organizations considering medical aspects.

Skills

• Reinforce positive behaviour

  Reinforce positive behaviour in people during rehabilitation and counseling activities, to ensure that the person takes the necessary actions for positive results in a positive manner, so that they remain encouraged to continue their efforts and reach goals.

• Provide spiritual counselling

  Assist individuals and groups seeking guidance in their religious convictions, or support in their spiritual experience, so that they are affirmed and confident in their faith.

• Show empathy

  Show empathy in order to prevent any kind of symbolic violence and isolation and to guarantee a considerate attention to everyone. It should include a capacity to understand various verbal and non-verbal communication of sentiment and feeling.

• Respond to enquiries

  Respond to enquiries and requests for information from other organisations and members of the public.

• Observe confidentiality

  Observe the set of rules establishing the nondisclosure of information except to another authorised person.

• Provide social counselling

  Assist and guide social service users to resolve personal, social or psychological problems and difficulties.

• Provide charity services

  Provide services for charity causes, or perform an independent activity related to community service, such as providing food and shelter, performing fundraising activities for charitable causes, gathering support for charity, and other charitable services.

• Promote religious activities

  Promote events, attendance to religious services and ceremonies, and the participation in religious traditions and festivities in a community in order to enhance the role religion plays in that community.

• Perform religious ceremonies

  Perform the ritual acts and apply the traditional religious texts during ceremonial events, such as funerals, confirmation, baptism, birth rites and other religious ceremonies.

• Interpret religious texts

  Interpret the contents and messages of religious texts in order to develop spiritually and help others in their spiritual development, to apply the appropriate passages and messages during services and ceremonies, or for theological learning.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB