Community Engagement
Service in Learning, Learning in Service
Community Engagement
Service in Learning, Learning in Service
Formative, transformative and service-oriented in an interpersonal, interreligious, multicultural world
Service Opportunities
Service Opportunities
Professional Process Groups
Healthcare workers in all departments witness and are affected by intense and traumatic situations on a daily basis. Very often, these professionals do not have outlets or venues to process their own feelings and responses to the day-to-day stresses of their work. These process groups are confidential spaces in which nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritual care providers can reflect on the ways in which their lives are being affected by their vocations and deepen their understanding of how their vocations are being informed by their lives.
- Chaplain Peer Process Group
- Social Worker Process Group
- Health Care Manager Process Group
- Nurse Process Group
- Doctor Process Group
Professional Process Groups
Healthcare workers in all departments witness and are affected by intense and traumatic situations on a daily basis. Very often, these professionals do not have outlets or venues to process their own feelings and responses to the day-to-day stresses of their work. These process groups are confidential spaces in which nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritual care providers can reflect on the ways in which their lives are being affected by their vocations and deepen their understanding of how their vocations are being informed by their lives.
- Chaplain Peer Process Group
- Social Worker Process Group
- Health Care Manager Process Group
- Nurse Process Group
- Doctor Process Group
Workshops for Congregations and Organizations
For congregations and organizations/agencies looking to deepen their practice of caring for each other and the communities in which they are situated, The Shaw Chaplaincy Institute offers a number of one-day workshops designed to challenge and inform.
Ideal for congregational Care Teams, Deacons, Elders, and other ministries that visit community members who are in the hospital, extended care facilities, and rehabilitation centers, this workshop teaches participants how to make an effective hospital visit. (Link to PDF of brochure, with copies available upon request)
How to Make a Hospital Visit
Becoming a Trauma-Informed Congregation / Organization
Companionship for Congregations / Organizations
Understanding Addiction in the Congregation / Organization
Understanding Domestic Violence in the Congregation / Workplace
Understanding Mental Health Challenges in the Congregation / Organization
One of the principles we refer to in understanding people with mental health challenges is that the mentally ill are just like us, only more so. The workshop helps congregations/organizations learn how to:
- mobilize faith factors and perceptions, or work place culture and perceptions, that assist and hinder persons with mental health challenges in communal life;
- help congregations or organizations understand how to work mental health resources into faith life resources and work place resources;
- interpret religious thoughts, cultural norms and practices to staff and the larger community in light of the presence of persons who struggle with mental health challenges; and
- consciously include mental illness as an aspect of community life and persons with mental illness as active members in communities of faith and organizations.
How to Make a Hospital Visit
Becoming a Trauma-Informed Congregation / Organization
Companionship for Congregations / Organizations
Understanding Addiction in the Congregation / Organization
Understanding Domestic Violence in the Congregation / Workplace
Understanding Mental Health Challenges in the Congregation / Organization
One of the principles we refer to in understanding people with mental health challenges is that the mentally ill are just like us, only more so. The workshop helps congregations/organizations learn how to:
- mobilize faith factors and perceptions, or work place culture and perceptions, that assist and hinder persons with mental health challenges in communal life;
- help congregations or organizations understand how to work mental health resources into faith life resources and work place resources;
- interpret religious thoughts, cultural norms and practices to staff and the larger community in light of the presence of persons who struggle with mental health challenges; and
- consciously include mental illness as an aspect of community life and persons with mental illness as active members in communities of faith and organizations.
Let's have a conversation
In this world poised for healing, do you feel called to bring compassionate presence to others? Get in touch with your questions, and I’ll be very happy to help you explore ways in which the Shaw Chaplaincy Institute is able to help you bring your whole self into service.
- Rev. Paul Gaffney,
Program Manager of Education, Community Relations and Spiritual Care Services
