Competencies
Our competencies describe the skills and knowledge our Members require.
After a collaborative revision process with the Professional Practice Commission (PPC) and the Educational Standards Commission (ESC), the Board approved revised ‘Competencies of CASC/ACSS Certified Professionals’ (formerly named ‘Competencies for Spiritual Care Practitioners and Psycho-Spiritual Therapists’) on April 29, 2019.
New Competencies of CASC/ACSS Certified Supervisor-Educators were approved by Members at the CASC/ACSS AGM on May 2, 2019.
Competencies of CASC/ACSS Certified Professionals
Revised June 19, 2019
Competencies of CASC/ACSS Certified Supervisor-Educators
Approved May 2, 2019
Competencies of CASC/ACSS Certified Professionals Specializing in Palliative and Bereavement Care
A core team of four CASC/ACSS Certified Members completed a multi-site research project entitled “Validating Advanced Practice Competencies for Spiritual Care Professionals specializing in Palliative and Bereavement Care in Canada.” Vivian Stang at the Ottawa Hospital, Christine Enfield, at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton, Heather Koots from Edmonton Alberta and Peter Barnes from Eastern Health in Newfoundland were co-investigators for this project.
In April 2021, the CASC/ACSS Board approved the nine Competencies identified in this research project as official Competencies for CASC/ACSS Certified Spiritual Care Professionals Specializing in Palliative and Bereavement Care.
Presented April 12, 2021
Re-visioning CASC/ACSS Competencies Presentation April 30, 2019