Applications open for PG Cert in Psychospiritual Care

Applications are open for the 2024-25 Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychospiritual Care, a level 7 (60-credit) course taught by clinicians and academics from Oxford Health NHS Trust and Oxford Brookes University and open to all health, mental health, social and allied health professionals from any faith or belief background.

“This unique interdisciplinary course has empowered us, as clinical and pastoral professionals, to discover spirituality at the live interface between clinical disciplines, scientific research, and pastoral vocation.”

— Student from 2021-2

‘The impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on individuals and on wider community and society has shown us (if any further proof were needed) just how important the spiritual and the psychosocial dimensions of healthcare are to so many people. Extraordinarily the subject is all too rarely addressed head-on in professional education. I am delighted that the introduction of this course – the first of its kind in the UK for health and social care professionals – will begin to address that gap.’

— Stuart Bell CBE (former OHFT NHS Chief Exec)

Our Post-Graduate Certificate in Psychospiritual Care is (as far as we know) the only dedicated programme in the UK which supports practitioners from across the health, mental health and social care system to deliver high quality, socially- and culturally-informed psychospiritual care. With teaching from academics and practitioners from fields across the lifespan representing the importance of psychospiritual wellbeing from cradle to grave, this course aims to bridge the gap between care disciplines to present a vision of wellbeing, enriched by a synthesis of psychological and spiritual approaches.

The programme supports the development of a holistic and inclusive cross-disciplinary approach to health and social care whereby practitioners are confident to work collaboratively to understand the complex, significant relationships between their patients’ and clients’ medical, therapeutic and spiritual requirements. The course encourages the development of practitioners’ own personal psychospiritual awareness and wellbeing, which is absolutely vital for the delivery of whole-person care.

Participants will gain a Post-Graduate Certificate which is a level 7 qualification including 60 credits at Masters level.