Chaplain - Contractor

Peoplecare-Communities; Tillsonburg; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Peoplecare-Communities in Tillsonburg, Ontario is seeking a part-time Chaplain to provide spiritual, emotional, and pastoral support to residents and families in a long-term care home. You will collaborate with home leadership and the care team to support spiritual well-being through visits, services, and faith resources.

The role combines compassionate presence, program coordination, and support during times of transition and grief, honoring residents’ beliefs and culture while promoting

Qualifications

• 1 year progressive related experience.
• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• The chaplain has completed a curriculum of theological classes and displays skills and competencies in pastoral care.
• Certification by an appropriate clinical pastoral agency
• One year of pastoral experience
• Ability to articulate the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities

Responsibilities

• Carry out the goals of the pastoral care department.
• Facilitate sacraments as appropriate to clerical status.
• Organize worship services in creative and ecumenical ways.
• Offer religious and spiritual guidance to residents, staff, and families.
• Regularly visit residents with priority to those in greatest need.
• Provide palliative care to residents and families as needed.
• Plan memorial services within the home as required.
• Participate in committees and resident conferences to enhance continuity of care.
• Establish positive working relationships with health team and volunteers.
• Keep records as required.
• Offer in-service programs to staff.
• Initiate and maintain communication with area clergy.

Skills

Pastoral care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Clinical pastoral certification

Job description

Schedule: This position will have a total of 2 work days per week.

Over a two week period this position will have 4 shifts in the Tillsonburg location.

Reports To: Director of Programs

The Chaplain provides spiritual, emotional, and pastoral support to residents and families within the long-term care home. Working in partnership with home leadership and the interdisciplinary care team, the role supports residents’ spiritual well-being through individual visits, worship services, spiritual programs, end-of-life support, and connections with faith and community resources.

This position combines compassionate presence, spiritual care, relationship building, program coordination, and support during times of transition, grief, illness, and loss. The goal is to honour each resident’s individual beliefs, values, culture, and preferences while promoting dignity, comfort, belonging, and overall well-being within the home.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The chaplain, through her or his daily ministry:

• Carries out the goals of the pastoral care department
• Facilitates the celebration of the sacraments as appropriate to his or her clerical status
• Organizes worship services in creative and ecumenical ways
• Offers religious and spiritual guidance to residents, staff, and FAMILIES
• Regularly (as determined by goals and objectives) visits with all residents while daily giving
• priority to those in greatest need
• Provides palliative care to residents and families as needed
• Is available to serve the families of deceased residents as required by follow-up guidance
• Is responsible to plan memorial services within the home as required
• Participates in committees and resident conferences to enhance the continuity of careto residents
• Establishes positive working relationships with all members of the health team aswell as with the volunteers
• Keeps records as required
• Offers in-service programs regularly to staff
• Initiates and maintains communication with area clergy through consultation, notification of a parishioner’s admission and discharge, and educational programming

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 1 year progressive related experience
• A bachelor’s degree is required.
• The chaplain has completed a curriculum of theological classes and displays skills and competencies in pastoral care.
• Certification by an appropriate clinical pastoral agency
• One year of pastoral experience
• Ability to articulate the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities