Element C2.1

Ensure appropriate environment and facilities for communal worship

Performance Criteria:

• A worship area or worship areas are provided to meet the expressed needs of religious groups represented in the health care organisation
• Equipment appropriate for worship requirements is provided and maintained or renewed
• Organisational arrangements facilitate opportunity for worship
• Use of worship areas is mutually agreed within the chaplaincy department
• The worship environment accommodates all forms of disability of potential worshippers
• Information about facilities and arrangements for acts of worship is appropriately disseminated
• Worship space reflects the pastoral needs of the health care community
• The worship environment is conducive to prayer and meditation
  

Religious groups:
Christian Churches/ denominations, other faiths

Disabilities:
sensory, movement, mental

Equipment:
audio-visual, furniture, sacramental/ symbolic, literature

• Clinical conditions which may constrain physical activity including worship in individuals
  
• Critical incident policy and procedures
  
• Current affairs (national and local) and their impact locally
  
• Disability legislation
  
• Faith communities represented in the organisation and locally
• Health and Safety Legislation, policy and procedures
• Local healthcare strategies and plans
• Local organisational structures, routines and networks
• Policy and guidance of relevant Government Department/ Agency
• Policy and guidance of relevant Professional Bodies/ Organisations
• Professional and contractual responsibilities & obligations
• Standing financial instructions
• Supply, estate management and domestic services procedures
• Theological and Philosophical approaches to communal worship
• Worship requirements of world faiths including rites of passage

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Element C2.2

Provide opportunities for communal worship

Performance Criteria:

• Opportunities for expression of communal feelings and shared experience are provided
• Opportunities to mark and celebrate rites of passage are provided
• Contributions of individuals to worship are recognised and encouraged
• Patterns of worship are in keeping with the recognised traditions of the job-holder and her/his sponsoring body
• Times of worship ensure optimum access in the light of individual needs, organisational timetables and religious calendars and festivals
• Length, style and content of services meet individual and group needs and appropriate expectations
• Communal worship is set in the context of pastoral care
• Legal requirements are met and adequate records maintained
• Opportunities to utilise broadcasting facilities are explored
• Events beyond the immediate health care setting are given due liturgical recognition
  

Rites of passage:
birth/ initiation, wedding, death/funeral

Legal requirements:
marriages, funerals, ecclesiastical law, civil law

Festivals:
Christian, Non-Christian

Sponsoring Body:
Christian Church/ denomination, other faiths

• Clinical conditions which may constrain physical activity including worship in individuals
• Cultural worship practices
• Current affairs (national and local) and their impact locally
• Disposal of deceased remains - policy
• Law relating to rites of passage
• Liturgical and ritual forms and resources
• Local healthcare strategies and plans
• Local organisational structures, routines and networks
• Local policy and processes for corporate governance
• Policy and guidance of relevant Government Department/ Agency
• Policy and guidance of relevant Professional Bodies/ Organisations
• Professional and contractual responsibilities & obligations
• Record keeping practice and standards
• Relationship between liturgy and pastoral care
• Theological and Philosophical approaches to communal worship
• Worship requirements
  

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