Element A2.1

Define and agree a strategy for the chaplaincy service

Performance Criteria:

• The strategy addresses the short and long term needs of health service management, sponsoring religious groups, and individual users of chaplaincy services
• The strategy is consistent with the objectives of the local service
• The strategy is consistent with the faith, understanding and expectations of the chaplaincy's sponsoring religious groups and the range of religious groups represented in the local community
• The strategy is endorsed by all officially appointed members of the chaplaincy team, health service management and sponsoring religious groups
• The strategy is clear, comprehensible and unambiguous
• The strategy contains ranked priorities and assessable outputs including requirements for financial and human resources and details of the services to be offered
• The strategy is capable of implementation and the targets are realistic
• The strategy locates the chaplaincy in the life and management structure of the health care organisation
• In appropriate departmental structure for implementation of the strategy is identified

Individual users:
patients, staff, relatives, carers

Sponsoring religious groups:
Christian & other faiths represented within the local community of
staff or patients.

• Business planning
• Constraints imposed by faith groups on their representatives
• Current affairs (national and local) and their impact locally
• Faith communities represented in the organisation and locally
• Local healthcare strategies and plans
• Local organisational structures, routines and networks
• Local patterns of spiritual care and organisations
• National NHS Strategies, guidelines and plans
• Needs assessment methodologies and techniques
• Policy and guidance of relevant Government Department/ Agency
• Policy and guidance of relevant Professional Bodies/ Organisations
• Policy formulation
• Principles of management
• Professional and contractual responsibilities & obligations
• Resource and budget management systems
• Theological and Philosophical approaches to chaplaincy services

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Element A2.2

Implement, monitor and review the Chaplaincy Strategy

Performance Criteria:

• Chaplaincy resources are deployed in accordance with the strategy
• Day to day implementation of the strategy is monitored and adjustments are made accordingly.
• The strategy is monitored in the light of changes in the organisation and/or available resources.
• The strategy is monitored in the context of the theological reflection of the Chaplaincy team and its
  sponsoring bodies.
• Dates and timescales for regular review of the strategy are agreed.
• Representatives of those bodies endorsing the strategy, and an agreed and appropriate external assessor, are invited to participate in review mechanisms.
• A new or revised strategy is formulated as a result of the review process

Chaplaincy resources:
human, material

Endorsing bodies:
religious groups sponsoring officially appointed members of the Chaplaincy team,
health service management

• Audit methodology and mechanisms
• Business Planning
• Communication networks (local and national)
• Current affairs (national and local) and their impact locally
• Faith communities represented in the organisation and locally
• Local healthcare strategies and plans
• Local organisational structures, routines and networks
• National NHS strategies, guidelines and plans
• Policy and guidance of relevant Government Department/ Agency
• Policy and guidance of relevant Professional Bodies/ Organisations
• Professional and contractual responsibilities & obligations
• Reflective Practice
• Resource and budget management systems
• Theological and Philosophical approaches to chaplaincy services
• Theological resources
  

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