Paediatric Chaplaincy: Principles, Practices and Skills

Practitioners provide a textbook to inform and encourage the development of chaplaincy with children and young people in a healthcare setting. Pediatric chaplaincy is practiced by those who are trained and endorsed to offer religious, spiritual, or pastoral care to anyone from a newborn to whatever the cut-off age is for a children's hospital or hospice--usually between 16 and 25. They begin with principles and core practices, such as models of chaplaincy in a multicultural world, and staff care and self-care. Then they survey specialisms and specific skills, among them working with trauma and abuse, through these dark valleys: a pediatric chaplain's response to the problem of God and evil, and perspectives on suffering from major faith and worldview traditions. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Drawing on a range of approaches developed by paediatric chaplaincy teams worldwide, this edited collection provides best principles, practices and skills of chaplaincy work with neonates, infants, children, young people and their families.By engaging with paediatric chaplaincy from an international, multifaith perspective, contributors from around the world and different faith traditions show what good spiritual, religious and pastoral care for children and their families looks like. The book contains contributions from specialists who work with children with mental health issues or profound disabilities, as well as chapters that focus on how best to provide palliative and bereavement care. Includes resources and activities for use in specialist care situations and tools for assessment, making this a must-have for any paediatric chaplaincy team working in a hospital or hospice.
Paediatric chaplaincy requires a range of approaches, both in terms of administering spiritual care in a multifaith setting and the complexities of working with children who have a serious illness or disability. This is a research-based best practice guide, covering core principles and skills and as well as specialist care situations.