Health & Social Care Chaplaincy

by Lindsay B, Carey, Palliative Care Unit, La Trobe University (Editor-in-Chief)
Contributors: Rebecca Adams, NHS Tayside (Co-Editor)Mark Newitt, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and St. Luke’s Hospice (Co-Editor)Daniel Nuzum, University College Cork (Co-Editor)Piret Paal, University of Tartu (Co-Editor)Joanne Pike, Wrexham University (Co-Editor)Chris Swift, Chaplaincy for Methodist Homes, UK (Co-Editor)Fran Kissack, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK (Book Review Editor)

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a peer-reviewed, international journal that assists health and social care chaplains to explore the art and science of spiritual care within a variety of contexts. The journal was founded in 2013 through the merger of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (issn:1748-801X) and the Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (issn:1463-9920). Members of the UK College of Health Care Chaplains, the Professional Association of Practitioners in Spiritual Care, Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy (in association with Spiritual Care Australia), and the New Zealand Healthcare Chaplains Association can receive the journal as part of their membership.

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of a range of issues related to the delivery of spiritual care across various settings: acute, paediatric, mental health, palliative care and community. It encourages a creative collaboration and interface between health and social care practitioners in the UK and internationally and consolidates different traditions of discourse and communication research in its commitment to an understanding of psychosocial, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare in contemporary societies. It is responsive to both ecumenical and interfaith agendas as well as those from a humanist perspective.

The journal focuses on ensuring that chaplains have the essential knowledge, skills and character required to perform chaplaincy services in a range of health and social care contexts. It fosters ethical practice; enhanced discourse and communication skills; philosophical and critical understanding; proficiency in assessment, intervention and evaluation; research literacy; team working and awareness of the contribution of other disciplines in the delivery of health and social care. It enables chaplains to offer staff support, enhance organisational spirituality and contribute to health and wellbeing in their communities.

The journal strives to bring the best practitioners and academics in the field into critical dialogue and also sets aside a place to encourage first time authors and reflective practitioners. The editors are supported by an international, interdisciplinary advisory board.

Publication and Frequency
2 issues per volume year, May and November
ISSN 2051-5553 (print)
ISSN 2051-5561 (online)

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Latest Issue

Editorial
Cognitive Science, Neuropalliative Care, Spiritual Care Taxonomy, Peer-to-Peer Staff Listening, Prayer and COVID-19 Reflections Lindsay B Carey, 1–5

Articles
Mind Meets Faith: Exploring Cognitive Science of Religion-Informed Spiritual Care in Healthcare Chaplaincy
Paul Yoon, 6–18

“The Chaplain was Part of the Team and Not Just a Component you Bring in Occasionally”: Exploring the Role of Chaplaincy in an Interprofessional Neuropalliative Outpatient Team
Sarah Bublitz, Benno Littger, Stefan Lorenzl, Piret Paal, 19–38

A Taxonomic Approach to Introducing Spiritual Care in Healthcare Settings
Paul Yoon, 39–47

Setting up a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Staff Listening Service at an Acute University Teaching Hospital
Sarah Crane, Daniel Nuzum, 48–60

Indirect Effects of Prayer on Stress and Life Satisfaction of Alcoholics Anonymous in Poland: An Exploratory Study
Marcin Wnuk, 61–86

Engaging with the Suffering Other: Moral Reorientations of Health Care Chaplains at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wendy van der Geugten, Anne Goossensen, Gaby Jacobs, 87–106

Latest Issue

The latest issue of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy (HSCC) carries a broad range of topics. These topics include: the exploration of cognitive science in religion-informed spiritual care, the role of chaplaincy in an interprofessional neuropalliative outpatient team, a taxonomic approach for introducing spiritual care in healthcare settings, a peer-to-peer staff listening service for acute contexts, the indirect effects of prayer on stress and life satisfaction for participants in Alcoholics Anonymous and finally the moral reorientations of healthcare chaplains during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are also several book reviews discussing LGBTQIA inclusive hospice spiritual care, mental health and Christian spirituality, and finally, creating a sacred space for story, reflection and practice in healthcare chaplaincy. The subject matter experts of these diverse topics come from numerous countries, namely, England, Ireland, Germany, Estonia, Netherlands, Poland and the United States. The editorial concludes by noting information about the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Moral Injury Conference (ANZMIC 2026)

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