Diploma in Spiritual Coaching & Caregiving

Dates for the next Diploma course to be announced.

As a Spiritual Companions Educator I am honoured to have delivered this course since 2017.

Ofqual register: Crossfields Institute Level 3 Diploma in Spiritual Coaching & Caregiving (VRQ) Qualification Number: 601/8673/2 Sector Subject Area: Health and Social Care

This qualification is the core offer of the Spiritual Companions Trust. The first nationally recognised qualification integrating spirituality and healthcare to be on the Ofqual Register.

•  Learn about the health benefits of spirituality
•  Clarify your own approach to spirituality and develop your personal spiritual practices that support your health and wellbeing
• Develop the skills of spiritual coaching and compassionate care, so you can help and support others

Professional Benefits

• Gain a professional qualification to give person-centred and holistic spiritual support and pastoral care.
• Become part of a professional network with peer support, insurance scheme and ongoing CPD
• Be formally listed on the UK Register of Spiritual Coaches & Caregivers
• Set up an independent practice.
• Work professionally or as a volunteer in multi-disciplinary teams e.g.: hospices, hospitals, schools, colleges, prisons, etc.
• Integrate spiritual health into your current career.
• Integrate "spiritual emergency" into mental healthcare
• Acquire practical strategies and concepts that can be shared in one-to-one and group work.
• Meet the needs of the growing spiritual-but-not-religious individuals and community, serving people of all faiths and none.

Personal Benefits

• Strengthen your physical and psychological wellbeing through life-long spiritual health strategies.
• Support friends, family and colleagues through improved relationships, communications and caring skills.
• Develop a meaningful lifestyle of mindfulness, compassion and service.

This course honours the jewels in all traditions and celebrates diversity.

The course consists of four units:

1. Person Centred Spiritual Practice
2. Reflective Practice and Self-Awareness in the Context of Spiritual Development
3. Science and Context
4. Spiritual Care in Practice

You can read the full Qualification specification here.

If spirituality is everyone’s natural connection with the wonder and energy of life, I invite you to explore your experience and its meaning for you. It is not only your natural right, but also a crucial social need – essential for personal as well as for community wellbeing. Free of institutional baggage, we aim to incorporate the very best approaches to mindfulness, the development of compassion, and emotional literacy.”

Please check https://spiritualcompanions.org/diploma-overview/ for updates