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Provider Hader Institute of Education Pty Ltd
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Course overview

The CHC42315 Certificate IV in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care is an 11-month, nationally recognised online qualification that builds the skills you need to provide compassionate, person-centred pastoral and spiritual care across aged care, hospitals, disability services, faith-based organisations, and community settings.

Throughout this qualification, you will learn to:

  • Plan and deliver person-centred pastoral and spiritual care
    Respond to each person's individual needs, values, and beliefs, offering a steady, compassionate presence grounded in genuine training and purposeful practice.

  • Work legally and ethically within pastoral care settings
    Apply relevant legislation, policies, and professional boundaries with confidence and integrity.

  • Support people through grief, loss, crisis, and trauma
    Use evidence-informed approaches that prioritise dignity, safety, and hope as people navigate life's most difficult moments.

  • Recognise and respond to complex needs
    Identify and respond appropriately to situations involving alcohol and other drugs, domestic and family violence, mental health concerns, and co-existing vulnerabilities.

  • Contribute to culturally safe and inclusive care
    Engage respectfully with people of all backgrounds and beliefs, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities

Job outcomes

  • Hospital chaplain
  • Aged care pastoral carer
  • School chaplain
  • Prison/correctional chaplain
  • Emergency services chaplain
  • Community pastoral care worker
  • Corporate wellbeing / chaplaincy

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Study method

  • Online Online info icon
    Online delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
  • Blended Blended info icon
    Blended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
  • In-class In-class info icon
    In class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
  • Virtual Virtual info icon
    Virtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online

Locations

  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Duration study load

11 months

Delivery

This qualification is delivered through an online and self-paced model, giving you the flexibility to balance study, work, and personal life.

The blended learning model combines live trainer-led sessions with flexible self-paced study, creating an engaging and supportive learning journey.

Blended Online Learning: Delivered through Hader Institute ’ s virtual learning environment using Zoom and the aXcelerate LMS.

Trainer-Led Classes: Join engaging live sessions for 3 hours each week via Zoom. Take part in discussions, group activities, and realistic role plays.

Self-Paced Study: Dedicate around 15 hours per week to self-paced online learning through aXcelerate, allowing you to strengthen your knowledge and skills with flexibility. Access to recorded materials.

Mentoring Support: Monthly one-on-one mentoring sessions with trainers via Zoom or phone. Quick trainer support with responses within 72 hours on business days (Monday to Friday).

Work Placement: Complete 100 hours of supervised work placement in an approved chaplaincy or pastoral care organisation.

Program Delivery Structure: This program is delivered as a standalone Certificate IV qualification, enabling you to progress through units in a structured yet flexible sequence aligned with your chaplaincy and pastoral care skill development.

Subjects

The CHC42315 Certificate IV in Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care is delivered using the course structure outlined below:

Core Units
CHCCCS016Respond to client needs
CHCCCS017Provide loss and grief support
CHCCOM002Use communication to build relationships
CHCDIV001Work with diverse people
CHCLEG001Work legally and ethically
CHCMHS001Work with people with mental health issues
CHCPAS001Plan for the provision of pastoral and spiritual care
CHCPAS002Provide pastoral and spiritual care
CHCPRP003Reflect on and improve own professional practice

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Payment options

  • Interest-free student loans

  • Direct debit payment plans

  • Upfront payment

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About Hader Institute of Education Pty Ltd

We believe in a future where everyone feels included, connected, valued and belongs. We’re in business to empower people to help each other on their paths to discovery and transformation.

Connected online learning in Mental Health, Youth Work, Community Services and Alcohol & Other Drugs.

At Hader Institute of Education, we recognise that education is the pathway to opportunity. We are the leading online education and training provider to individuals wanting to pursue a career in Mental Health, Alcohol and other Drugs and Counselling. This is a responsibility we take seriously.

Mental and substance use disorder doesn’t just affect the individual, but also the wider community. As people who care deeply about our fellow humans, we show up in this education sector wholeheartedly, with a desire to create positive and lasting change.

Ours is a relatively new business. We knew that starting a new organisation at this time – came with a responsibility to look beyond “business-as-usual”. That’s why we are using our business to create the kind of positive change that society truly needs.

This goes directly to who we are at Hader and why we exist – we believe in a future where everyone feels included, connected, valued, and belongs.

This belief inspires our mission…through learning, community, and support, we’re here to empower people to help each other on their paths to discovery and transformation.

By focusing our efforts on supporting good mental health and wellbeing – through our people, learners, our industry, and the wider community – we help each other on our paths to self-discovery; together building a connected and inclusive future where we all belong.

Right now, we live in times of crisis, uncertainty and for many, self-doubt. But these times are also filled with great opportunities; to rise to the challenges we face and to demonstrate what human endeavour can achieve, especially when we work together.

This is the kind of stuff that dreams are made of. When we help people take control of their lives, we open the door to self-belief. The magic happens here. It’s where the impossible becomes possible and where people connect to the power of their dreams.

If ever there was a need for people to dream of a better, more connected, and inclusive future, now is that time. If this connects with you then come and join our community of fellow dreamers. ‍

Together, let’s make a difference, today.

Hader Institute of Education Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organisation RTO #45162.

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