Volunteering
Over the years the NHS has benefited from individuals who serve as Spiritual Care Volunteers to support our Registered Healthcare Chaplains.
The Department of Spiritual Care are currently seeking to establish a Community Listening Service. Trained volunteer listeners support people in their quest to make sense of their life experiences. Listeners do not provide counselling or any kind of psychological intervention. Rather they walk alongside the person telling the story, asking open questions and offer support and encouragement.
Volunteer Listeners are carefully selected and undergo appropriate recruitment, screening, and training before starting as a listener. Once trained, they are offered ongoing supervision and opportunities for continued development. The delivery of the service is managed and governed by the Department of Spiritual Care in line with relevant policies and procedures.
Email loth.spiritualcare@nhs.scot
https://www.nhslothian.scot/GetInvolved/Volunteering
Phone 0131 242 1990 (21990)
Education Placements
The Department of Spiritual Care can arrange a number of different student for students and staff from various disciplines, including this who are undertaking a PG Cert in Healthcare Chaplaincy. Our placements provide the opportunity for you to develop experience in spiritual care within a supportive environment. Placements give people the chance to:
- get experience in the delivery of spiritual care
- be part of an establish team and learn from Registered Healthcare Chaplains
For further information please contact:
- Phone 0131 242 1990 (21990)
- Email loth.spiritualcare@nhs.scot
https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/our-work/spiritual-care
https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/healthcarechaplaincy
